The Welfare State Crisis and the Transformation of Social Service Work

by Michael B. Fabricant, Steve Burghardt, Irwin Epstein, et al.

Book Overview

This book has emerged in response to social service workers' vivid descriptions of changes in the practice of their craft during the past 15 years and to the scanty literature that addressed their concerns. Few works have attempted to explore the interplay between the recent broader changes affecting the welfare state (fiscal crisis, cost containment, privatization, etc) and the restructuring of social service work. Yet, it is clear that the fiscal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873326431
• ISBN13: 9780873326438
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"