Revisitando o Serviço Social clássico

Resumo − Este artigo tem por finalidade revisitar o tema das origens do Serviço Social em seu processo de institucionalização nos Estados Unidos. Expõe aspectos das bases históricas e teóricas da profissão, revelando conteúdos referentes ao Serviço Social clássico, hoje pouco analisado no interior da formação, limitando possivelmente a informação aos estudantes e profissionais sobre a produção do Serviço Social em seu contexto originário e talvez até mesmo a crítica a ele realizada. O texto trata do pensamento de Mary Ellen Richmond e sua proposição do Serviço Social de casos individuais, mostrando as bases teórico-metodológicas para uma ação sobre os indivíduos sociais em meio a um conjunto de interpretações divergentes sobre o tema. O pensamento de Richmond exerceu forte influência no Serviço Social europeu e no Brasil, oferecendo o suporte para que se fizesse uma crítica às tendências oriundas da base positivista e as insuficiências ali contidas como proposição conservadora. Palavras-Chave: Serviço Social clássico; institucionalização; bases teórico-metodológicas. Abstract − This article aims to revisit the origins of social work in its process of institutionalization in the United States. It exposes aspects of the historical and theoretical bases of the profession, revealing contents referring to classic social work that are little analyzed today in undergraduate courses, possibly restricting information valuable to students and professionals about the inception of social work in its original context and perhaps even the criticism it received. The text deals with the thought of Mary Ellen Richmond and her proposal of the social work of individual cases, showing the theoretical-methodological bases for an action on social individuals in the middle of a set of divergent interpretations on the subject. Richmond's thought exerted a strong influence on both European and Brazilian social work, offering support to the criticism of tendencies originating from the Positivist base and the inadequacies contained therein as a conservative proposition. Keywords: classic social work; institutionalization; theoretical-methodological bases.

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Social work academia and policy in the United States

Where Academia and Policy Meet ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447320197.003.0013 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Arati Maleku ◽

Richard Hoefer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Policy ◽

Welfare State ◽

Policy Process ◽

Institutional Support ◽

The United States ◽

The Social ◽

Work Education ◽

Policy Engagement

This chapter examines the engagement of social work academics in the policy process in the United States. It begins by presenting an overview of social policy and the welfare state in the United States and by discussing the emergence of the social work profession in that country. The development of social work education in the United States and its contemporary features are then depicted. Following these, the methodology and the findings of a study of the policy engagement of American social work academics are presented. The findings relate to the levels of engagement in policy and the forms that this takes. The study also offers insights into various factors that are associated with these, such as perceptions, capabilities, institutional support and the accessibility of the policy process. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the findings and their implications.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic and Immigrant Communities: A Crisis That Demands More of the Social Work Profession

Affilia ◽

10.1177/0886109920960832 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088610992096083 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernanda L. Cross ◽

Odessa Gonzalez Benson

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Social Work ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Economic Burden ◽

The United States ◽

Immigrant Communities ◽

Life And Death ◽

Large Segment ◽

The Social

As the coronavirus pandemic has taken over matters of life and death globally, immigrant communities were some of the most deeply impacted. In the United States (U.S.), Latinx immigrants and other minorities have experienced greater economic burden and worse health outcomes, resulting in alarming rates of death from COVID-19. Yet the government’s relief measures to support individuals did not extend to millions of immigrants. This left many immigrants with the cruel choice to either stay home to protect themselves and their loved ones from the virus or go to work to support their families. Disregard for a large segment of the population is further complemented by strict immigration policies, harsher border restrictions, and public health guidelines that failed to account for the realities faced by immigrants. In this brief, we highlight the unequal toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants and consider social work response. We argue that the pandemic demands more of the social work profession, as the coronavirus crisis exposed more clearly the systemic inequalities toward immigrants and aggravates their vulnerabilities. Insofar as systems are unequal and racist in the context of coronavirus, there is a great need for social work response that is innovative, brave, and deeply connected to communities.

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Vocational education for Missouri

10.32469/10355/49205 ◽

1916 ◽

Author(s):

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Benjamin Franklin Melcher

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Social Economic ◽

The United States ◽

Industrial Education ◽

The Social ◽

The Subject ◽

The Way

Text taken from the Introduction section of this thesis: The problem of vocational education is of sufficient importance to render unnecessary an explanation or apology for offering this dissertation on the subject. It is discussed in popular and educational magazines, and in educational, social, and industrial meetings. There is at present a general concensus of opinion that such education is needed, but no plan is generally accepted as to how this is to be secured. It is my purpose to deal with the administration of vocationai education as found in the United States, to investigate the social, economic, and industrial conditions of Missouri and to make a plan for industrial education in this state. The plan is to show the kinds of education and schools needed and the way in which these schools should be supported.

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Social Work Luminaries: Luminaries Contributing to the Clarification and Elaboration of Social Work Practice and Theory

Social Work ◽

10.1093/obo/9780195389678-0288 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lorraine M. Gutiérrez ◽

Larry E. Davis ◽

Charles D. Garvin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Group Work ◽

Community Organization ◽

Work Practice ◽

The United States ◽

Social Work Practice ◽

Social Work Theory ◽

The Social

Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work includes three articles describing the scholarly writings of a select group of deceased social workers who have been especially prominent and influential in the profession within the United States. These individuals are referred to social work luminaries. These three bibliographical articles can be used to identify the publications of prominent individuals who have been most influential in the development of social work; these individuals are identified by first reviewing the biographies of significant social workers from the Encyclopedia of Social Work and obituaries collected by the Council on Social Work Education since the publication of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. From this list come the biographical material and publications, with the most prominent luminaries for each of the three articles. For each luminary is provided a brief biographical overview and one to five annotated citations of their most important publications. Respectively, the three articles describe the publications of luminaries: (1) who were involved in the founding and creation of the social work profession in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; (2) who, subsequently, contributed to the clarification and elaboration of social work practice and theory; and (3) who contributed to social work theory and scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This article presents the luminaries who wrote primarily between the 1920s and 1960s. They were aware of the pioneer work of other luminaries who created the profession of social work and began the process of creating its theoretical, ethical, and historical foundations. During these four decades, these luminaries added to the theoretical foundation of social work while also leading the expansion of social work into many new areas. This resulted in scholarship related to different sizes of service systems (individuals, groups, families, communities); new settings for social work; and the evolution of university-based education and training for social workers. During this period, luminaries fell into several categories in terms of their contributions to the evolution of social work scholarship. One category was the development of each of the social work methods as now conceived. These consisted then of Casework (e.g., Interviewing: Its Principles and Methods, Theory and Practice of Social Casework, Social Casework: A Problem-Solving Process, A Functional Approach to Family Casework, and Common Human Needs [i.e., individual work]); Group Work (e.g., Group Work with American Youth: A Guide to the Practice of Leadership, Essentials of Social Group Skill, and Social Group Work Practice: The Creative Use of Social Process); and Community Organization (e.g., Community Organization for Social Welfare, Community Action against Poverty: Readings from the Mobilization Experience, Community Organization and Social Planning, and An Overview of the Community Organization Curriculum Development Project and Its Recommendations). A second category is the adaptation of social work for different fields of service—notably rehabilitation, health, mental health, corrections, and child welfare. Some luminaries during that time were devoting themselves to developing methods for social work research and the advancement of social work theory. Other luminaries focused on considering social work approaches to Policy development. Finally, some luminaries at that time were thinking of applications for different ethnic groups, primarily Jewish and African Americans. The following is a presentation of luminaries under these categories and some of their major scholarly publications.

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The Appealability of the Social Work Profession in the United States: Possible Explanations

Global Social Work - Cutting Edge Issues and Critical Reflections ◽

10.5772/intechopen.91671 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rigaud Joseph ◽

Herbert Shon

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Work ◽

The United States ◽

The Social

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The Scholarly Literature on E-Government

E-Government Research ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-913-7.ch002 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 21-41

Author(s):

Donald Norris ◽

Benjamin A. Lloyd

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Empirical Content ◽

Scholarly Journals ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

The Social ◽

The Subject

The authors conducted a comprehensive review of articles on the subject of e-government that were published in refereed scholarly journals through the end of 2004 to serve as a baseline for future analysis of this emerging field. They found over 100 e-government articles, but only 57 with empirical content. The authors then examined the articles using 12 analytical categories. They conclude that the scholarship about e-government comes primarily from the United States, and from authors trained in the social sciences. Few e-government articles adequately used the literatures that were available (e.g., IT and government, e-government, or any specialized literatures), and few created or tested theory or hypotheses. Articles employed both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, but many contained conclusions that were not supported by their data or analyses. The authors conclude that e-government research is a young and growing field that has yet to achieve adequate scholarly rigor.

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“Farewell, Saigon, I Promise I Will Return”

Becoming Refugee American ◽

10.5622/illinois/9780252041358.003.0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Phuong Tran Nguyen

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Public Opinion ◽

Social Work ◽

The United States ◽

Vietnamese Americans ◽

Boat People ◽

Open Sea ◽

The Social ◽

Cast Doubt ◽

The Right

This chapter’s subtitle focuses on the social work performed by artists, journalists, and activists, who, during the late 1970s, comforted grieving souls through the construction of a refugee cultural identity and community, specifically as the true patriots whose flight from communism and testimony later on revealed what really happened after 1975. Beginning with the boat people exodus in the late 1970s, worldwide public opinion, which had vilified the South Vietnamese as losers of the war and obstacles to revolution, began to view the winners of the postwar. Their willingness to risk their lives on the open sea cast doubt on Hanoi’s revolutionary promises, and, through bipartisan support for the plight of the boat people, enabled the United States and Vietnamese Americans to cast themselves on the right side of history in ways never possible during the war itself.

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Fauri, Fedele Frederick

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.684 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Maryann Syers

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

United States ◽

Social Work ◽

Doctoral Program ◽

The United States ◽

Public Welfare ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

The Social ◽

School Of Social Work ◽

The University

Fedele Fauri (1909–1981) was a specialist in social legislation and public welfare in the United States. He was dean of the University of Michigan School of Social Work for nearly 20 years and helped found the school's doctoral program which combined social work and the social sciences.

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State Speech vs. Hate Speech

Essays in Philosophy ◽

10.5840/eip20067120 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 83-100

Author(s):

Michael Weinman ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Criminal Justice ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Hate Speech ◽

The United States ◽

The State ◽

The Social ◽

The Subject ◽

Do So ◽

New View

This is, indeed, another work on the subject of hate speech regulation in the United States. And yet, it is not just another such work. For my goal here is not to settle the jurisprudential arguments regarding the possibility of any specific hate speech regulation, either extant or yet to be conceived, withstanding a Constitutional test. Nor is it my intention to demonstrate, on the basis of a comparative study of existing legislation, that such regulation either is or is not effective in addressing or redressing the social ills of hatred, discrimination, and inequality. Rather, I will achieve greater analytical clarity about just what the harms of hate speech are. I do so in order to reinvigorate the question about regulation with a new view of what exactly the object needing attention is, by demonstrating that though there are real harms here, the state cannot provide a regulatory remedy (at least qua criminal justice). Thus, in my conclusion I will assert that the question of what we might do differently in response to hate speech can only be answered —however provisionally—insofar as we first confront how we need to think differently about it. Specifically, I will argue that we need to replace the emphasis on redressing harms once they have occurred with a new emphasis on addressing, and ultimately eliminating, the conditions which make those harms possible in the first place.

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