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Social Functioning: A Sociological Common Base For Social Work Practice, Thomas J. Blakely, Gregory M. Dziadosz
Social Functioning: A Sociological Common Base For Social Work Practice, Thomas J. Blakely, Gregory M. Dziadosz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article describes the experience of a social work mental health agency with Social Role Theory (SRT), that is an organizing concept for the delivery of its assessment and treatment program. SRT has been called the process variable of the program, meaning how services are delivered. Social functioning, a concept taken from SRT, is a treatment outcome. The overall purposes of the article are to describe the contribution of sociology to social work practice, and to advance the argument that social functioning is a common base for social work practice generally.
Social Capital Of Women Measured: Differentials By Family Structures, Zenaida R. Ravanera, Rajulton Fernando
Social Capital Of Women Measured: Differentials By Family Structures, Zenaida R. Ravanera, Rajulton Fernando
PSC Discussion Papers Series
Social capital has often been invoked to explain differences in children’s well-being by family structure; that is, developmental outcome for children in lone parent or step family is not at par with that of children from intact family because parental investments on children may be lower not only in financial and human capital but also in social capital. This proposition has been difficult to examine in greater depth because of lack of conceptual clarity and of data to measure social capital. Using a definition of social capital as the “ability to secure benefits through membership in networks and other social …
Membership In Organizations And Confidence In Institutions: Men’S Social Capital And Its Differentials By Family Structures, Zenaida R. Ravanera, Rajulton Fernando
Membership In Organizations And Confidence In Institutions: Men’S Social Capital And Its Differentials By Family Structures, Zenaida R. Ravanera, Rajulton Fernando
PSC Discussion Papers Series
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Familial Aggregation Of Survival And Late Female Reproduction, Ken R. Smith, Alain Gagnon, Richard M. Cawthon, Geri Mineau, Ryan Mazan, Richard A. Kerber, Elizabeth O’Brien, Bertrand Desjardins
Familial Aggregation Of Survival And Late Female Reproduction, Ken R. Smith, Alain Gagnon, Richard M. Cawthon, Geri Mineau, Ryan Mazan, Richard A. Kerber, Elizabeth O’Brien, Bertrand Desjardins
PSC Discussion Papers Series
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