Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission - Hardcover
An examination of the fall of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged shows how a national faith in individualistic solutions to social problems led social workers to leave social services.
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Lawrence Shulman
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"Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University
Specht and Courtney have issued a provocative and controversial challenge to the social work profession. They have confronted our professional associations, social work education, and in the last analysis, every social work practitioner to stop and reflect on the fundamental changes taking place in our mission. The issues they raise must be addressed. Let the debate begin.
Lawrence Shulman"Professor, School of Social Work, Boston UniversitySpecht and Courtney have issued a provocative and controversial challenge to the social work profession. They have confronted our professional associations, social work education, and in the last analysis, every social work practitioner to stop and reflect on the fundamental changes taking place in our mission. The issues they raise must be addressed. Let the debate begin.
Harry Specht was Dean and Professor of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley and published numerous books and articles on social welfare policy and social work practice. He was the recipient of the 1993 National Association of Social Workers' Presidential Award for Excellence in Social Work Education. Mark E. Courtney is assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has written numerous articles and co-authored a forthcoming book on children in the welfare services.
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- PublisherThe Free Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0029303559
- ISBN 13 9780029303559
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages209
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