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Social Security And The Incremental Privatization Of Retirement Income, Neung-Hoo Park, Neil Gilbert
Social Security And The Incremental Privatization Of Retirement Income, Neung-Hoo Park, Neil Gilbert
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This study examines the process of "incremental privatization" of retirement income--a slow decline in the proportion of retirement income from Social Security relative to retirement income derived from employerprovided pensions (private and government) and IRA-type Accounts. The findings reveal that since the mid 1970s the elderly in the bottom 40% of the income distribution experienced a minimal increase in retirement income from pensions other than Social Security, while those in the upper ranges showed steady gains in income from private sources. This trend is accompanied by increasing inequality in the ratio of retirement income of those in the lower quintiles …
Bridging The Divide: The Casework Policy Link, Peggy Pittman-Munke
Bridging The Divide: The Casework Policy Link, Peggy Pittman-Munke
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The professional history of social work in the United States of America is entering its second century. From this vantage point, it is possible to draw on. the past to develop ideas that will work for the future. Contemporary social workers often view the profession as dichotomized between those who deal with individual issues through counseling and private practice and those who are concerned with social change through policy reform. Mary Richmond, pioneer in the professionalization of social casework, offers a tightly integrated model which demonstrates how social casework and social reform can serve to reinforce and support one another …