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Sociology and Social Work

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Foreword

Acknowledgements

PART I:

Chapter 1. Sociology and Social Work—An Introduction

THE "PSYCHIATRIC DELUGE"

A NEW CONVERGENCE

EXISTING SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK

SOCIAL WORK AS A FOCUS OF SOCIOLOGICAL INTEREST

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

THE NATURE OF APPLIED SOCIOLOGY

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 2. The Sociological Perspective

INTRODUCTION

THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY

SOCIETY IN THE INDIVIDUAL

CO-OPERATION AND CONFLICT

SOCIOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

THE SCIENTIFIC STATUS OF SOCIOLOGY

EMPIRICISM AND THEORY

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

NOTES AND REFERENCES

PART II:

Chapter 3. The Family and Kinship

INTRODUCTION

SOCIAL WORK AND THE FAMILY

A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE FAMILY

THE NUCLEAR FAMILY

THE FAMILY AND OCCUPATION

THE EXTENDED FAMILY

THE WEST INDIAN FAMILY

FAMILY NORMS

FAMILY SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 4. The Analysis of the Community

INTRODUCTION

COMMUNITY WORK

THE MEANING OF COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY STUDIES

SOCIAL WORK AND THE COMMUNITY

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 5. Social Stratification

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 6. Child Rearing, Language, and Social Class

INTRODUCTION

CHILDHOOD AS A PREPARATION FOR CLASS MEMBERSHIP

SOME RESULTING PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES

SOCIAL CLASS, COMMUNICATION, AND LANGUAGE

CHANGES IN THE STRATIFICATION SYSTEM

SOCIAL CLASS AND SOCIAL WORK

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 7. Social Deviance

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL DEVIANCE

THEORIES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR

SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MENTAL ILLNESS

CONCLUSION

NOTES AND REFERENCES

PART III:

INTRODUCTION TO PART III

REFERENCE

Chapter 8: The Social Functions of Social Work—Social Control

INTRODUCTION

THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CONTROL

SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL CONTROL

CONTROL, CONSENSUS, AND CONFLICT

CONFLICT REGULATION

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 9. The Social Functions of Social Work — Social Change

INTRODUCTION

THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE

SOURCES OF CHANGE

SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL CHANGE

SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIETY

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 10. The Professionalization of Social Work

INTRODUCTION

THE STUDY OF THE PROFESSIONS

SYSTEMATIC BODY OF THEORY

SKILL AND THEORY IN SOCIAL WORK

CRITICISMS OF CASEWORK

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT RESOURCES

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL WORK

PROFESSIONAL CULTURE

SOCIAL-WORK CULTURE

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND SOCIALIZATION

PROBLEMS IN THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF SOCIAL WORK

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 11. The Organizational Context of Social Work

INTRODUCTION

THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS

USE OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE ORGANIZATION

PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY IN PROFESSIONAL AND SEMI-PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY

NEW FORMS OF PROFESSIONALISM

AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF ORGANIZATION

THE ROLE SET

NOTES AND REFERENCES

PART IV:

Chapter 12. Perspectives and Problems

PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE NATURE OF SOCIAL WORK

PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE NATURE OF SOCIOLOGY

THE FUTURE OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK

NOTES AND REFERENCES

Author Index

Subject Index