The Organizational Response to Social Problems (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy)
Contributors: Russel K. Schutt (Editor); Stephanie Hartwell (Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: April 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780762307166
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Social theory; Sociology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; United States; Social Organization; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Social problems; Politics/International Relations; Social conditions; History; Sociology - General; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Science-History; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science-Sociology - General; Community organization; Organizational behavior
First sentence: From deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decades have been to a large extent changes in organization.