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Changes In Labor Force Activities And Income Of The Elderly Before And After Retirement: A Longitudinal Analysis, Namkee G. Choi May 1994

Changes In Labor Force Activities And Income Of The Elderly Before And After Retirement: A Longitudinal Analysis, Namkee G. Choi

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This paper analyzes the changes in work hours and the economic profile of the elderly for a period of 11 years before and after retirement. Workers of all economic status decreased their work hours gradually as retirement approached. But findings show that, as they decreased their work hours, workers with higher preretirement economic status experienced more drastic reduction in income than those with lower economic status. Nevertheless, the preretirement income gap was maintained in postretirment economic status mostly due to differences in asset income and pension benefits. Policies to assist low-income retirees are recommended.


A View From The Inside Out: Recipients' Perceptions Of Welfare, Mark R. Rank May 1994

A View From The Inside Out: Recipients' Perceptions Of Welfare, Mark R. Rank

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Welfare use is a highly stigmatized behavior in American society. The word itself conjures up various images of disdain in the minds of most Americans. Yet how do the recipients of welfare discern and react to being on public assistance? The focus of this paper is on understanding the manner in which recipients view their own situation, how they perceive the general public's attitudes toward themselves, and their views on fellow welfare recipients. Also examined are how such attitudes influence recipients' behavior towards welfare. These perceptions and behaviors are explored in detail through the use of in-depth, open-ended qualitative interviews …


Social Work, Social Science And The Disease Concept: New Directions For Addiction Treatment, Douglas Frans May 1994

Social Work, Social Science And The Disease Concept: New Directions For Addiction Treatment, Douglas Frans

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The perception of alcoholism and other substance abuse disorders as disease entities is a view ardently defended not only among chemical dependency professionals but, increasingly, by the general public as well. Over the past two decades, this perspective has also become so ensconced within the addiction treatment industry that alternative interventions are almost nonexistent even though evidence of their effectiveness is available (Miller & Hester, 1989). And yet, "no leading research authorities accept the classic disease concept" (Fingarette, 1988, p. 3). Competing views are generally characterized as irresponsible, and their sponsors summarily dismissed as dangerously uninformed by disease view proponents …


Client-Driven Advocacy And Psychiatric Disability: A Model For Social Work Practice, David P. Moxley, Paul P. Freddolino May 1994

Client-Driven Advocacy And Psychiatric Disability: A Model For Social Work Practice, David P. Moxley, Paul P. Freddolino

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This paper presents an innovative advocacy model designed to assist people coping with psychiatric disabilities to fulfill their basic living needs. The model emphasizes the importance of clients defining their own needs for advocacy and then, with the support and assistance of an advocate, taking direct action to fulfill these needs. The model is elaborated in terms of its basic attributes, the interlocking roles of both clients and advocates, the importance of the advocacy relationship, and seven core processes of advocacy. The authors conclude with a discussion of possible effects of introducing the model into social work practice in mental …


Review Of Out Of Bedlam: The Truth About Deinstitutionalization. Ann Braden Johnson. Reviewed By Kia J. Bentley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Kia J. Bentley May 1994

Review Of Out Of Bedlam: The Truth About Deinstitutionalization. Ann Braden Johnson. Reviewed By Kia J. Bentley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Kia J. Bentley

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Book Review. Ann Braden Johnson. Out of Bedlam: The Truth about Deinstitutionalization. New York: Basic Books, 1990. $13.00 paperback.


Review Of Vision And Aging: Crossroads For Service Delivery. Albert L. Orr. Reviewed By James A. Leja, Western Michigan University., James A. Leja May 1994

Review Of Vision And Aging: Crossroads For Service Delivery. Albert L. Orr. Reviewed By James A. Leja, Western Michigan University., James A. Leja

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Orr, Alberta L., Vision and Aging: Crossroads for Service Delivery. New York: American Foundation for the Blind. 1992. $29.95 papercover.


Review Of Families And Schools In A Pluralistic Society. Nancy Feyl Chavkin. Reviewed By Steven R. Rose, Louisiana State University., Steven R. Rose May 1994

Review Of Families And Schools In A Pluralistic Society. Nancy Feyl Chavkin. Reviewed By Steven R. Rose, Louisiana State University., Steven R. Rose

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Nancy Feyl Chavkin (Ed). Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. $59.50 hardcover; $19.95 papercover.


Disabling Barriers: Enabling Environments. John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French And Mike Oliver. May 1994

Disabling Barriers: Enabling Environments. John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French And Mike Oliver.

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John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French and Mike Oliver (Eds). Disabling Barriers: Enabling Environments. London: Sage Publications, 1993. $22.95 papercover.


International And Transracial Adoptions. Christopher Bagley With Loretta Young And Anne Scully. May 1994

International And Transracial Adoptions. Christopher Bagley With Loretta Young And Anne Scully.

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Christopher Bagley with Loretta Young and Anne Scully. International and Transracial Adoptions. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1993. $66.95 hardcover. (Distributed in the United States by Ashgate Publishing Co. Brookfield, VT).


A Nation In Denial: The Truth About Homelessness. Alice S. Baum And Donald W. Burnes. May 1994

A Nation In Denial: The Truth About Homelessness. Alice S. Baum And Donald W. Burnes.

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Alice S. Baum and Donald W. Burnes, A Nation in Denial: The Truth About Homelessness. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $49.95 hardcover; $16.95 papercover.


Child Abuse: Towards A Knowledge Base. Brian Corby. May 1994

Child Abuse: Towards A Knowledge Base. Brian Corby.

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Brian Corby. Child Abuse: Towards a Knowledge Base. Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 1993. $32.50 papercover. (Distributed in the United States by Taylor and Francis, 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007).


Leaving Home Before Marriage: Ethnicity, Familism And Generational Relationships. Francis K. Goldscheider And Calvin Goldscheider. May 1994

Leaving Home Before Marriage: Ethnicity, Familism And Generational Relationships. Francis K. Goldscheider And Calvin Goldscheider.

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Frances K. Goldscheider and Calvin Goldscheider. Leaving Home Before Marriage: Ethnicity, Familism and Generational Relationships. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. $27.50 hardcover.


The Politics Of Readjustment: Vietnam Veterans Since The War. Wilbur J. Scott. May 1994

The Politics Of Readjustment: Vietnam Veterans Since The War. Wilbur J. Scott.

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Wilbur J. Scott. The Politics of Readjustment: Vietnam Veterans Since the War. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993. $47.95 hardcover, $23.95 papercover.


Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 21, No. 2 (June 1994) May 1994

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 21, No. 2 (June 1994)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • CHANGES IN LABOR FORCE ACTIVITES AND INCOME OF THE ELDERLY BEFORE AND AFTER RETIREMENT: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS - Namkee G. Choi
  • A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OUT: RECIPIENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF WELFARE - Mark R. Rank
  • AN EXAMINATION OF ECOSYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE IN CONSIDERATION OF NEW THEORIES IN BIOLOGY AND THERMODYNAMICS - Barney McDowell
  • SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE DISEASE MODEL: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADDICTIONS TREATMENT - Douglas Frans
  • CLIENT-DRIVEN ADVOCACY AND PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY: A MODEL FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - David P. Moxley and Paula P. Freddolino
  • A MARXIAN REVIEW OF GERONTOLOGICAL LITERATURE - Stephen M. Marson …


A Marxian Review Of Gerontological Literature, Stephen M. Marson, L. Richard Della Fave May 1994

A Marxian Review Of Gerontological Literature, Stephen M. Marson, L. Richard Della Fave

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A major concern for the sociology of aging and social gerontology is the lack of theoretical rigor. In particular, Birren and Bengtson (1988) describe all of social gerontology as "data-rich but theory-poor." In an effort to deal with the lack of theory, this essay reviews the general social gerontology literature from a Marxian perspective. The findings suggest that the Marxian framework can illuminate aspects of social gerontology hitherto left unexamined in both the academic and applied arenas.


With A Little Help From Our Friends: Social Support As A Source Of Well-Being And Of Coping With Stress, Darlyne Bailey, Donald M. Wolfe, Christopher R. Wolfe May 1994

With A Little Help From Our Friends: Social Support As A Source Of Well-Being And Of Coping With Stress, Darlyne Bailey, Donald M. Wolfe, Christopher R. Wolfe

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The relationship between one's psycho-emotional and physiological health has long been of interest to social scientists. While many factors have been examined for their impact on causation and prevention, over the past two decades the concepts of social support, stress and well-being have undergone much scrutiny. In this article the authors provide empirical data to enhance our understanding of the interrelatedness of these three concepts.

Based on the findings from a study of stress and health in organizations, a model is proposed which elucidates some of the conditions under which social support networks mediate the impact of stress on psychological …


Foundation Grantmaking In The 1980s: How Three Human Service Fields Fared, Roslyn H. Chernesky, Irene A. Gutheil May 1994

Foundation Grantmaking In The 1980s: How Three Human Service Fields Fared, Roslyn H. Chernesky, Irene A. Gutheil

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Analyzing three recent reports on grantmaking trends that use the Foundation (Center's grants database, at picture emerges of how three human service fields-aging, substance abuse, and crime and justice fared in terms of foundation grantmaking during the turbulent period from 1983 to 1987 when federal support was reduced. Despite a sizeable increase in foundation dollars to each field which outpaced overall foundation giving, the authors caution that this increase may not indicate greater foundation commitment to human services.


Review Of Nonresidential Parenting. Charlene E. Depner And James H. Bray (Eds.), Terri Combs-Orme May 1994

Review Of Nonresidential Parenting. Charlene E. Depner And James H. Bray (Eds.), Terri Combs-Orme

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Book Review. Nonresidential Parenting. Charlene E. Depner and James H. Bray (Eds.)


Review Of Dividing The Child: Social And Legal Dilemmas Of Custody. Eleanor E. Macoby And Robert H. Mnookin With Charlene E. Depner And H. Elizabeth Peters. Reviewed By Terri Combs-Orme, University Of Tennessee., Terri Combs-Orme May 1994

Review Of Dividing The Child: Social And Legal Dilemmas Of Custody. Eleanor E. Macoby And Robert H. Mnookin With Charlene E. Depner And H. Elizabeth Peters. Reviewed By Terri Combs-Orme, University Of Tennessee., Terri Combs-Orme

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Book review. E. Maccoby and Robert H. Mnookin with Charlene E. Depner and H. Elizabeth Peters. Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. $39.95 hardcover.


Review Of Adolescents And Aids. Ralph J. Diclemente. Reviewed By Ronald Mancoske, Southern University., Ronald Mancoske May 1994

Review Of Adolescents And Aids. Ralph J. Diclemente. Reviewed By Ronald Mancoske, Southern University., Ronald Mancoske

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Ralph J. DiClemente. Adolescents and AIDS. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992. $17.95 papercover.


Review Of The Coming Health Crisis: Who Will Pay For Care For The Aged In The 21st Century. John R. Wolfe. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University, James Midgley May 1994

Review Of The Coming Health Crisis: Who Will Pay For Care For The Aged In The 21st Century. John R. Wolfe. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University, James Midgley

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John R. Wolfe. The Coining Health Crisis: Who Will Pay for Care for the Aged in the 21st Century. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993. $22.50 hardcover.


Review Of Social Security And Medicare: A Policy Primer. Eric R. Kingson And Edward D. Berkowitz., James Midgley May 1994

Review Of Social Security And Medicare: A Policy Primer. Eric R. Kingson And Edward D. Berkowitz., James Midgley

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Eric R. Kingson and Edward D. Berkowitz. Social Security and Medicare: A Policy Primer. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1993. $59.95 hardcover, $18.95 papercover.


Review Of Old Age Security In Comparative Perspective. John B. Williamson And Fred C. Pampel., James Midgley May 1994

Review Of Old Age Security In Comparative Perspective. John B. Williamson And Fred C. Pampel., James Midgley

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John B. Williamson and Fred C. Pampel. Old Age Security in Comparative Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. $49.95 hardcover.


Review Of Elders Living Alone: Frailty And The Perception Of Choice. Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet E. Killbride And Sharon Nagy. Reviewed By Martin B. Tracy, The University Of Iowa., Martin B. Tracy May 1994

Review Of Elders Living Alone: Frailty And The Perception Of Choice. Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet E. Killbride And Sharon Nagy. Reviewed By Martin B. Tracy, The University Of Iowa., Martin B. Tracy

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Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet E. Killbride and Sharon Nagy. Elders Living Alone: Frailty and the Perception of Choice. Hawthorne: NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992. $35.95 hardcover; $18.95 papercover.


Mothers Of Incest Survivors: Another Side Of The Story. Janis Tyler Johnson. May 1994

Mothers Of Incest Survivors: Another Side Of The Story. Janis Tyler Johnson.

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Janis Tyler Johnson. Mothers of Incest Survivors: Another Side of the Story. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1992. $20 hardcover.


Partners In Care: Hospices And Health Authorities. David Clark. May 1994

Partners In Care: Hospices And Health Authorities. David Clark.

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David Clark. Partners in Care: Hospices and Health Authorities. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1993. $58.95 hardcover. (Distributed in the United States by Ashgate Publishing Co. Brookfield, VT).


William Still, A Pioneer African American Social Worker, Audreye E. Johnson Mar 1994

William Still, A Pioneer African American Social Worker, Audreye E. Johnson

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This article focuses upon William Still as an early modern day social worker who engaged in providing social work services to individuals/ families, groups, and the community. The contributions of other African American pioneers are noted to demonstrate the legacy of service in the African American community. Still's life long dedication to social welfare and social work are highlighted. Covered is more than half a century of service to African Americans by this devoted man. African American contributions to social work is underscored through the life and time of William Still.


Review Of Citizenship And Employment: Investigating Post-Industrial Options. Jocelyn Pixley. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University., James Midgley Mar 1994

Review Of Citizenship And Employment: Investigating Post-Industrial Options. Jocelyn Pixley. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University., James Midgley

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Jocelyn Pixley's book uses the concept of social citizenship to examine the issue of structural unemployment in post-industrial societies. She is not entirely sympathetic to Marshall's conceptual schema, but she recognizes its significance as an organizing concept when writing about chronic unemployment. Pixley challenges the view that the separation of income from work offers a solution to chronic unemployment and that the destruction of the work/cash nexus offers a liberating alternative to the drudgery of daily work. She is emphatic in her claim that citizenship can only be meaningful in capitalist societies when people have access to secure and renumerative …


Review Of Human Rights And Social Policy In The Twenty First Century. Joseph M. Wronka. Reviewed By Roland Meinert, Southwest Missouri State University., Roland Meinert Mar 1994

Review Of Human Rights And Social Policy In The Twenty First Century. Joseph M. Wronka. Reviewed By Roland Meinert, Southwest Missouri State University., Roland Meinert

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The central purpose of this book is to compare the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the U.S. Constitution and those of the fifty states. The book is an elaboration of the author's doctoral dissertation at the Heller Graduate School at Brandies University. The book is logically divided into six sections.


A Black Community Development Model: The Universal Negro Improvement Association And African Communities League 1917-1940, Amnifu R. Harvey Mar 1994

A Black Community Development Model: The Universal Negro Improvement Association And African Communities League 1917-1940, Amnifu R. Harvey

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A discussion of The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA & ACL) founded by Marcus Garvey in 1915 is presented. The organization provided social services for people of African ancestry in both the U.S. and other countries as well. An analysis of this organization occurs, citing the functions of subgroups like the Universal African Legions and the Universal African Motor Corps. This organization serves as a historic model for contemporary community development.