Fragile families, fragile solutions : a history of supportive services for families in poverty
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Fragile families, fragile solutions : a history of supportive services for families in poverty
Columbia University Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-281) and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780231106665
内容説明
How has America's social welfare network benefited families living in poverty? In what ways has it failed to provide for their needs? The system of social welfare in the United States has had lasting impact on the lives of many people in need, it is far from perfect in its handling of the nation's poor. This text presents a historical perspective on one of the central components of the US social welfare network - family services - and provides a look at the advances this service network has achieved, problems it has confronted, and where it is likely to go in the future. Beginning with an exploration of the 19th century roots of family services and the emergence of family casework at the beginning of the 20th century, Robert Halpern ranges through the 1920s and 1930s, charting the influence of psychoanalytic theory in social service work and government responses to the Depression. He surveys the following decades, when policymakers attempted to respond to changing inner-city populations. The text covers a wide spectrum of issues in policy and organization, as well as escalating crises in such areas as child welfare.
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Introduction The Emergence of Supportive Social Services Formative Strands: Settlements, Casework, and Mothers' Aid Trial by Fire The Quiet Before the Next Storm Service Reform as a War on Poverty Developments in Aid to Families with Dependent Children The 1970s: Struggle for Renewal in a Shifting Environment Retrenchment Without Renewal New Paradigms, Old Problems Where to From Here?
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: pbk ISBN 9780231106672
内容説明
How has America's social welfare network benefited families living in poverty? In what ways has it failed to provide for their needs? The system of social welfare in the United States has been in place for most of this century-and although it has had lasting impact on the lives of many people in need, it is far from perfect in its handling of the nation's poor. Fragile Families, Fragile Solutions presents a historical perspective on one of the central components of the U.S. social welfare network-family services-and provides a unique look at the advances this service network has achieved, problems it has confronted, and where it is likely to go in the future. Beginning with an exploration of the nineteenth-century roots of family services and the emergence of family casework at the beginning of this century, Halpern ranges through the 1920s and 1930* charting the influence of psychoanalytic theory in social service work and government responses to the Depression. He surveys the following two decades, when policymakers attempted to respond to changing inner-city populations. An extended section focuses on the 1960* a critical reform period.
Covering a wide spectrum of contemporary issues in policy and organization, as well as escalating crises in such areas as child welfare, Halpern brings readers up to date on this complex subject. Offering policy recommendations for the future, Halpern inspires social workers and policymakers alike with a symbolic goal of constructing a more positive vision of the potential of social services, and a pragmatic objective of designing an efficient, effective family services network to care for Americans in greatest need of support.
目次
Introduction The Emergence of Supportive Social Services Formative Strands: Settlements, Casework, and Mothers' Aid Trial by Fire The Quiet Before the Next Storm Service Reform as a War on Poverty Developments in Aid to Families with Dependent Children The 1970s: Struggle for Renewal in a Shifting Environment Retrenchment Without Renewal New Paradigms, Old Problems Where to From Here?
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