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From Charity to Enterprise

The Development of American Social Work in a Market Economy

Michael Reisch author Stanley Wenocur author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:29th Oct '01

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How did social work evolve as a profession in the United States? Stanley Wenocur and Michael Reisch examine the history of social work and provide a theoretical model of professionalization for analyzing its development. They offer a provocative view of American social work as an enterprise seeking exclusive control over the definition, production, and distribution of an essential commodition.
 
Now in paperback for the first time, From Charity to Enterprise sets the professionalization of social work into a dynamic social context. The explicit political and economic framework of Wenocur and Reisch's model enables the authors to examine how various subgroups within social work lost or gained control of the professional enterprise at various points.
 

ISBN: 9780252070730

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 481g

344 pages