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Social Action Organization Participation And Personal Change In The Poor: Part Ii, Robert D. Herman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In Part I (Herman, 1982) evidence bearing on the hypothesis that participation by the poor in social action organizations results in personal change was reviewed and found to be inconsistent and open to diverse Interpretations. In Part I It was observed that not all socizi action organizations are al ike and, thus, that participation is also of varied kinds and extents and may have different consequences for personal change. A typology of social action organizations forms (developed in Part I ) is used here to comparatively classify information on organizational characteristics and personal change drawn from eleven case studIes. The …

Installation Of Officers Duval County Democratic Women’S Club, Inc.

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Invitation to the installation of Officers of the Duval County Democratic Women’s Club July 24, 1983. Box 32 Folder 1

Program: Win With Women Convention '83, National Women's Political Caucus, July 7-10, 1983.

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Program for National Women's Political Caucus convention in San Antonio, Texas. Box 4, Folder 12

Invitation, Honorable Jake M. Godbold To His Installation Of The Mayorship Of Jacksonville, July 6, 1983

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An invitation to the inauguration of Jake M. Godbold as Mayor of the City of Jacksonville, July 6, 1983. City of Jacksonville stationary. Box 32 Folder 1

Agenda: Board Of Directors Meeting. June 7, 1983.

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The Agenda includes approval minutes on March 24, 1983, Program committee chair appointment, Treasurer's report, membership report, By Laws committee report, new stationary, Other Business.

The Opposition In Egypt, Layla Ahmad Kassem

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Intersection Of Political Culture And Fiscal Federalism: State Block Grants In Alabama, David Sink, Michele Wilson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Political culture and intergovernmental relations together shape specific policy actions of a state government within the constraints of its economic condition. Although financial resources provided a state government strongly influence the level of its policy outputs, the political and administrative dynamics appear to affect the exact nature of that policy. A case study of state block grant implementation in the state of Alabama provides an opportunity to observe these variables in action. In particular, the prominent role played by the executive branch appears to have influenced strongly the decisions made concerning social services, health policy, and community development.

Social Work Pac's And State Social Work Associations Purpose, History, And Action Strategies, Gary Mathews

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social work as a profession has only recently become politically active. One consequence of this interest in the political process has been the proliferation of political action committees as creatures of the National Association of Social Workers and its state chapters. Social work PAC's are a key ingredient necessary to enable the profession to influence public policy. Perhaps because political action committees are new to NASW, or perhaps because NASW is new to politics, very little has been written about the history, purpose or strategic implications of these committees.

This paper will trace the development and operation of PAC's and …

An Advocacy Approach For More Effective Program Delivery And Coordination: A Case Study Of Maine's Housing Rehab Techs, Kenneth K. Ahn, James F. Horan, G. Thomas Taylor

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A detailed case analysis of the Maine Housing Rehabilitation Project provides an exploratory observation of the innovative use of human resources at the federal, state and regional levels through an evolutionary development process of housing rehabilitation technicians. Functioning largely as advocate planners and human service delivery administrators through self-expanded roles, these individuals were able to promote change in the context of this intergovernmental environment. The analysis presented here reveals findings of intrastate regional differences between the urban and rural areas. Low income citizens appear to be the main beneficiaries of a proactive style of leadership that was performed by the …

Alternative Service Delivery Strategies: Factors In States' Decision Making, Harold W. Demone Jr., Margaret Gibelman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article focuses on the range of choices and factors affecting state level decision making about how human services are to be delivered. In light of the dual thrusts of decentralization and privatization, the viability of public-private partnerships through contracting for services is explored. Among the significant factors affecting decisions about alternative forms of service delivery are: political and fiscal preferences; the strength of organized labor; the role and availability of the private service sector and history with purchase of service. The advantages and disadvantages attributed to a contracting model for delivering services are unlikely to be argued from an …

Program: Florida Women’S Network Spring Meeting Program.

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Meeting for the Florida Women's Network in Tallahassee, Thursday April 14-Saturday April 16, 1983 at Tallahassee Hilton.

Agenda: Florida Women’S Network General Membership Meeting.

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Florida Women's Network General meeting in Tallahassee April 15, 1983.

Agenda: Florida Women’S Network Steering Committee. April 14, 1983

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Agenda for meeting includes minutes from the previous meetings, financial report, membership, new local networks, and more.

Minutes: Florida Women’S Network Steering Committee Meeting. April 14, 1983

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Florida Women's Network Steering Committee in Tallahassee. April 14, 1983.

Memorandum: Florida Women’S Network Reminder For April 14th Meeting

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Steering Committee Reminder of Thursday April 14 Meeting at the Governor's Club in Tallahassee. April 8, 1983.

Document: From Edna Saffy (Treasurer), To Jacksonville Women’S Network Board Of Directors.

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Financial Report. Jacksonville Women’s Network. March 30, 1983.

Invitation: A Celebration Of Announcement: Reubin O’D. Askew For President. February 26, 1983.

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A celebration at the Independent Life Tower, Veranda Room. Jacksonville, Florida. Saturday, February 26, 1983.

Minutes: Florida Women’S Network Meeting

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Steering Committee Meeting, Summary of Minutes. January 19, 1983.

Alternatives To Animal Experimentation, Steven M. Niemi

Experimentation Collection

Alternatives to animal experimentation are highly touted today by animal welfare advocates. Their campaign for adoption of alternatives has caused much discussion and debate within and outside of the biomedical community. The purpose of this paper was to examine the controversy and assess the more common alternatives, including the bacterial mutagenicity assay or Ames test, cell culture, and mathematical models for toxicity prediction. Safety testing of chemicals is the most promising of the fields for alternatives where laboratory animals are used, and incorporation of alternatives with live-animal assays is increasing. However, due to limitations of alternatives in use currently, there …

Humane Ethics And Animal Rights, Michael W. Fox

Animal Welfare Collection

While the primary goal of the animal welfare movement is to eliminate suffering in those animal species that are exploited by humans, this goal, although exemplary, is narrow sighted. Notwithstanding the practical difficulties of proving animal suffering, especially psychological, suffering could conceivably be eliminated, as in confined farm animals, through the use of tranquilizers, or even brain surgery. A goose being made to eat compulsively, following selective partial destruction or stimulation of its brain to cause hypertrophy of its liver for the liver pate trade, may not suffer. But it is being harmed. Likewise, to selective breed a farm animal, …

Fighting For Animal Rights: Issues And Strategies, Henry Spira

Contributions to Books

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The Politics Of Heresy, Lester R. Kurtz

Lester R. Kurtz

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Towards The Holocaust: The Social And Economic Collapse Of The Weimar Republic, Michael N. Dobkowski, Isidor Wallimann

Books

The social system of Weimar Germany has always been controversial. From the start 1Weimar society was characterized by a peculiar fluidity: between 1913 and 1933, the German Reich, commonly referred to as the Weimar Republic, was a virtual laboratory of sociocultural experimentation. In the streets of German towns and cities, political armies competed for followers--a process punctuated by assassinations and advertised by street battles embroiling monarchists, imperial militarists, nihilistic war veterans, Communists, Socialists, anarchists, and National Socialists. Parliamentary activity involved about twenty-five political parties whose shifting alliances produced twenty governmental cabinets with an average lifespan of less than nine months.

Agenda: Florida Democratic Party 1983 State Convention Tentative Agenda And Costs, Florida Democratic Party

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Tentative agenda and costs for the Florida Democratic Party State Convention. Includes handwritten list of names on the back. 1983. Box 10 Folder 6

Pamphlet: Delegate Selection Rules 1983 Florida Democratic Convention, Florida Democratic Party

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Pamphlet given to Dr. Saffy regarding the delegate selection rules for the 1983 Florida Democratic Convention. Includes a preamble and sections on: allocation of delegates, qualification, method of selection/elected delegates, automatic/appointed delegates, vacancies, complaints, and timetable. 1983. Box 10 Folder 6

Envelope: 1983 Florida Democratic Party State Convention Packet Envelope, Florida Democratic Party

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1983 Florida Democratic Party State Convention packet envelope with a donkey in a suit at a podium waving and holding a Victory '84 sign. 1983. Box 10 Folder 6