From Charity to Enterprise: The Development of American Social Work in a Market Economy

by Michael Reisch and Stanley Wenocur

Book Overview

How did social work evolve as a profession in the United States? Stanley Wenocur and Michael Reisch examine the history of social work and provide a theoretical model of professionalization for analyzing its development. They offer a provocative view of American social work as an enterprise seeking exclusive control over the definition, production, and distribution of an essential commodition.

Now in paperback for the first time, From Charity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252070739
• ISBN13: 9780252070730
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher