Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission
The authors here contend that social workers in this country have largely abandoned the tenets of Jane Addams and Mary Richmond, early advocates of societal improvement through nurturance of community life and social case work. The majority of social workers today are trained to help build the individual's sense of self-esteem, using a psychotherapeutic approach with a primarily middle-class clientele and neglecting the underclass , the social dimension, and the potential for using community capacity to help sustain its members. The authors recommend public policy and fiscal support at federal, state, and county levels to redirect the social work profession toward a community-oriented social care system with the goal of a healthier society for all. The arguments and proposals of these two educators in the field will be of much interest to academics, professionals, and many general readers.- Suzanne W. Wood, SUNY Coll. of Technology, AlfredCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.