THE CONCEPT OF ENTROPY AND IT’S MEANING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK

Pojava zakona termodinamike, i posebno drugog zakona termodinamike, snažno je "uzdrmala" dotadašnje znanstvene koncepte. Uvođenje, pak, koncepta entropije u društvene znanosti i danas ide vrlo teško i malom je broju teoretičara prihvatljiv taj koncept kao mogućnost novih znanja u teoriji i u struci. Koncept nudi mnoge mogućnosti ne samo u teorijskoj razradi nego i u njegovoj primjeni u praktičnom radu profesionalaca.The appearance of laws of thermodynamics, especially the second law ofthermody- namics, has strongly “shattered” the earlier scientific concepts. The introduction of the concept of entropy to social Sciences is still today faced with difficulties. Only a few theoreticians accept that concept as a possibility of new knowledge in theory and in profession. The concept offers many possibilities, not only in theoretical elaboration, but also in its application in practical work of professionals

SOCIAL TOURISM AS A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CATEGORY – SOME ELEMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Socijalni turizam je u nekim specifičnim oblicima stariji od turističke djelatnosti kakvu poznajemo u modernim razdobljima njezina razvitka. U suvremenom obliku je dijete modernog industrijskog društva. Mnogi elementi suvremenog turističkog razvitka značili su napredak upravo zbog snažno izražene socijalne komponente, a neki su se krajevi počeli turistički razvijati nakon što je u njima razvio “socijalni turizam”. Suvremeni turizam i suvremeni socijalni turizam u nekim se zemljama, posebno visoko razvijenim zemljama, skladno dopunjuju i pridonose ekonomijama tih zemalja. S druge strane, kao dominantno ekonomske djelatnosti, pomažu društveni i osobni razvitak pripradnika socijalnih slojeva čiji je materijalni status vrlo osjetljiv, a ponekad čak i ugrožavajuć.Social tourism is in some specific forms older than the tourist industry as we know it in the modern period of its development. In its modern form is a child of the modern industrial society. Many elements of the modern tourist development meant progress because of the strongly marked social component, and some areas have begun to develop markedly after a “social tourism” have been developed in them. The modern tourism and modern social tourism in some countries, particularly high-income countries harmoniously complement and contribute to the economies of their countries. On the other hand, as the dominant economic activity, help the social and personal development members of the social classes whose financial status is very sensitive, and sometimes even threatening

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE IDENTITY OF SOCIAL WORKER PROFESSION

U radu se prikazuju neki pokušaji definiranja socijalnog rada kao profesije, te neki elementi koji su značajni za konstituiranje profesionalnog odnosa u profesiji takvog tipa kao što je socijalni rad. Rad se bavi i problemom profesionalne kompetentnosti, kao i nekim idejama o lojalnosti profesiji i lojalnosti instituciji, a sve u kontekstu osvrta na identitet profesije socijalnog rada.In the paper the author presents certain attempts at defining social work as a profession, and some elements relevant to building a professional relationship within a profession such as social work. The problem of professional competence and some ideas on the relation between loyalty to the profession and loyalty to the institution have been presented, all in the context of reviewing the identity of the social work profession

DAS GEFUHL DER ALIENIERUNG BEI FLUCHTLINGEN UND VERTRIEBENEN: SELBSTPERZEPTION UND PERZEPTION AUS DER SICHT VON STUDENTEN DER SOZIALARBEIT

Otuđenje je prema svojoj definiciji imanentno položaju prognanika i izbjeglica. U gotovo svim područjima osobnog i socijalnog života prognanik i iZbjeglica žive životom depriviranim u njegovim temeljnim dimenzijama. Čini se, međutim, da je percepcija težine i kompleksnosti prognaničke i izbjegličke situacije mnogo ozbiljnija u onih koji tu situaciju promatraju ne sudjelujući neposredno u njoj. Ispitivanjem osjećaja otuđenosti prognanika i izbjeglica, kao i percepcije te otuđenosti u studenata socijalnog rada, utvrdili smo da studenti otuđenost te populacije procjenjuju mnogo težom nego ta populacija sama. Upotrijebljen je prilagođen Seemanov upitnik otuđenja, kojemu je dodana nanovo konstruirana skala Otuđenja vlastite tjelesnosti. U svim modalitetima studenti socijalnog rada procjenjuju otuđenost izbjeglica i prognanika značajno težom nego izbjeglice i prognanici sami.Alienation is by definition congruent to the status of refugees and displaced persons. Almost in all areas of individual and social life, refugees and displaced persons live a life deprived of its basic dimensions. However, it seems that the perception of the difficulty and complexity of the refugee\u27s and displaced person\u27s situation is far more serious in those who observe this situation from the outside, who are not directly involved. Examining the feeling of alienation of refugees and displaced persons as well as the perception of their alienation by social work students, we have found that the students assess this population\u27s alienation far more seriously than the population itself. Seeman\u27s questionnaire was used and completed with the newly constructed scale "Alienation of proper corporeality". In all modalities, social work students assess the alienation of refugees and displaced persons significantly more seriously than the refugees and displaced persons themselves.Alienierung ist, gemar.. ihrer Definition, der Lage von Vertriebenen und FlOchtlingen immanent. Das Leben von Vertriebenen und FlOchtlingen ist in fast allen pers6nlichen und sozialen Lebensbereichen seiner Grunddimensionen depriviert. Es scheint jedoch, dass der Ernst und die Kornplexitat der FIOchtlingssituation als viel schwerwiegender perzipiert wird von denjenigen, die diese Situation nur beobachten, ohne unmiUelbar an ihr beteiligt zu sein. Mit der Untersuchung des AlienierungsgefOhls bei den FIOchtlingen und Vertriebenen als auch der Einschatzung der Alienierung aus der Sicht von Studenten/-innen der Sozialarbeit haben wir festgestelIt, dass die Alienierung dieser Population viel schwerer von den Studenten als von der betroffenen Population selbst eingeschatzt worden ist. Es wurde der Seeman-Alienierungsfragebogen angewandt, der um eine neukonstruierte Skala zur Ermittlung der Alienierung der eigenen K6rperlichkeit erweitert wurde. Ungeachtet des Untersuchungsaspekts steht fest, dass die Alienierung der Vertriebenen und FIOchtlinge von den Studenten/- innen der Sozialarbeit als wesentlich schwerer einqeschatzt wird als von den Betroffenen selbst

THE CONCEPT OF ENTROPY AND IT’S MEANING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK

Pojava zakona termodinamike, i posebno drugog zakona termodinamike, snažno je "uzdrmala" dotadašnje znanstvene koncepte. Uvođenje, pak, koncepta entropije u društvene znanosti i danas ide vrlo teško i malom je broju teoretičara prihvatljiv taj koncept kao mogućnost novih znanja u teoriji i u struci. Koncept nudi mnoge mogućnosti ne samo u teorijskoj razradi nego i u njegovoj primjeni u praktičnom radu profesionalaca.The appearance of laws of thermodynamics, especially the second law ofthermody- namics, has strongly “shattered” the earlier scientific concepts. The introduction of the concept of entropy to social Sciences is still today faced with difficulties. Only a few theoreticians accept that concept as a possibility of new knowledge in theory and in profession. The concept offers many possibilities, not only in theoretical elaboration, but also in its application in practical work of professionals

CONTEMPLATION ON CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WORK THEORY

Neke opće teorije socijalnog rada za sad zapravo nema ni u nas ni u svijetu. Nekoliko hvalevrijednih pokušaja tek su početak na dugom putu konstituiranja teorije ali i znanosti socijalnog rada. Postoji, međutim, s mnogih strana izražena potreba da se teoretičari i praktičari socijalnog rada prihvate posla i zasnuju neku opću teoriju socijalnog rada. Autoru ovog priloga se čini daje dobar dio tih zahtjeva i težnji zapravo plod anksioznosti povezan s položajem socijalnog rada u “klubu” suvremenih profesija i znanstvenih disciplina. Jednu od prepreka takve opće teorije vidi i u dubokoj poveznosti zahtjeva, koji se pred socijalni rad postavljaju u suvremenim društvenim kretanjima, i mogućnosti da se unutar tih zahtjeva radi na konzistentnoj teoriji. Posebno se tomu suprotstavlja situacija u onim zemljama u kojima je razina zahtjevaza efikasnošću, kontrolom, niskim troškovima i tehnologijom, koja iziskuje visok udio strojeva u obavljanju djelatnosti, vrlo visoka.There is no general social work theory, either here or in the world. Some valid trying are just the beginning of the long joumey of creating social work theory and Science. However, there is,frommanysides, anexpressedneed that theoreticians andpractitioners "take up the job" and constitute some general social work theory. The author ofthispaper thinks that significant part ofthis requests is actually a result of the anxiety together with the position of social work in the "club" of contemporary professions and scientific disciplines. One ofthe obstacles he sees in a high connection ofreguests put infront of social work in current social trends, and the possibility that within those requests work on some consistent theory. Against it is the situation in countries which asks for a great amount of machines in work, due to the high level of requests for ejficiency, control, low costs and technology