Review of \u3cem\u3eWhither Socialism?\u3c/em\u3e Joseph E. Stiglitz. Reviewed by Michael Reisch, University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Whither Socialism? Cambridge, MA: The NUT Press, 1994, 338 pp

Review of \u3cem\u3eA Dream Deferred: How Social Work Lost its Way and What Can Be Done.\u3c/em\u3e David Stoesz, Howard Jacob Karger, and Terry Carrilio. Reviewed by Michael Reisch.

Book review of David Stoesz, Howard Jacob Karger, and Terry Carrilio, A Dream Deferred: How Social Work Lost its Way and What Can Be Done (2010), New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. $39.95 (hardcover)

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Race, Welfare Reform, and Nonprofit Organizations

This article presents research on the impact of welfare reform on 90 nonprofit organizations in Southeast Michigan. Utilizing a refined survey instrument, in-depth interviews and focus groups with agency executives and staff, and the analysis of agency documents, it assesses how the racial characteristics of agencies\u27 client populations affected the organizational consequences of welfare reform. The study confirmed that welfare reform has affected the ability of nonprofit organizations to meet the increased expectations generated by recent legislation. These effects have been particularly pronounced among agencies serving a high proportion of racial minority clients

The Legacy of McCarthyism on Social Group Work: An Historical Analysis

This paper explores the impact of McCarthyism on the ideology, education, practice, and public image of group work. The authors argue that the witchhunts that occured during the period and its climate of widespread fear purges and political conservatism diminished the gains the social work profession had made in the 1930s and 1940s through its participation in progressive activities and left the profession, particularly social group work ill-prepared for the issues and activism of the 1960s and 1970s

The Social Work Profession and the Ideoloqy of Professionalization

The phenomenon of professionalization has been an exceptionally powerful force in Western industrialized countries for more than a century. The professions are as characteristic of the modern world as the crafts were of the ancient, said Stephen R. Graubard in the preface to The Professions in America (1963). Talcott Parsons (1968) declared that The development and increasing strategic importance of the professions probably constitute the most important change that has occurred in the occupational system of modern countries. Dry statistics alone bear out these views. In the United States professionals increased in the population from 859 per 100,000 in 1870 to 3,310 in 1950 (Goode, 1957). In absolute numbers professional and technical workers increased from 350,000 in 1870 to 12.5 million in 1974. In 1900 professional and technical workers represented only 4.3% of the workforce; by 1970 they were 14.4% (Galper, 1975: 56)

Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically transformed the structure and goals of the public welfare system in the United States. The vast body of research and evaluation generated by the 1996 welfare reforms largely overlooked nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) despite their substantial historical and contemporary involvement in the delivery of social services to low-income populations. Therefore, this paper presents a unique assessment of PRWORA's implications based on the perspective of 90 social service NGOs operating in the Detroit metropolitan area. Examination of their services, staffing, budgets, and clients reveals many changes experienced by NGOs between 1996 and 2000 related to the welfare reforms. Overall, the findings suggest an increased role for social service NGOs in the “public” welfare system as well as concerns regarding their capacity to adequately fulfill this growing responsibility in the future.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45682/1/11266_2004_Article_471434.pd

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