Promoting human well-being
Subtitle: addressing the forces shaping society : proceedings of the twenty-eighth ICSW International Conference on Social Welfare, Jerusalem, Israel, July 5-9, 1998 : selected papers.
Contributors: International Council on Social Welfare.
Publisher: Israel Council on Social Welfare; International Council on Social Welfare
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Jerusalem?]; [s.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Social service -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: The future: forces shaping society -- David Macarov; title: Promoting human well-being: needs and responses -- Baruch Ovadia; title: Peace and social justice at the end of the second millennium -- Shimon Peres; title: Predicting the future.; title: Some inevitabilities affecting our lives -- Max Singer; title: The family in the twenty-first century -- Joseph F. Coates; title: The role of international organizations.; title: From agreement to achievement -- Julian Disney; title: The changing role of fiscal policy in the policy advice of the International Monetary Fund -- Vito Tanzi; title: UNICEF and children's rights -- André Roberfroid; title: Greenpeace: reshaping society -- Mario Damato; title: Social change.; title: The role of global civil society in social development -- David Cox; title: Global aging and health in the next century -- A. Michael Davies; title: Structures in transition.; title: The changing relationship between work and social security: reflections on future trends -- John Gal; title: Informatics, social work organizations, and the cyberunion option: a sociological perspective -- Arthur B. Shostak; title: Social exclusion and social justice: from impasse to reciprocity -- Jona M. Rosenfeld; title: The utilization of the systemic quality of life model in social welfare -- Yochanan Wozner, Giora Rahav, and Bilha Davidson-Arad; title: Perspectives. -- Conference summary:; title: Addressing the forces shaping society -- Armand Lauffer; title: Looking ahead: an interdisciplinary approach to the advancement of social welfare -- Yaakov Kop.