Authority and Social Work: Concept and Use

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Authority and Social Work

Concept and Use

Edited by: Shankar A. Yelaja

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1971

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The collection was designed as a text for students of social work, but it will be of equal benefit to practising social workers, and to others in the humanitarian professions.

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Yelaja Shankar A. :

SHANKAR YELAJA received a doctor of social work degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He is now Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, Waterloo Lutheran University.

Topics

Social Sciences Education Social Pedagogy, Social Work

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
PART I. Philosophical concepts of authority
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
1. The bad name of authority Yves R. Simon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. The ethics of authority Erich Fromm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3. Authority, reason, and discretion Carl J. Friedrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4. Freedom and authority Shankar A. Yelaja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
PART II. Formulations of theories about authority
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
5. The theory of authority Chester I. Barnard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
6. The type of authority Max Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
7. Authority in organizations Robert V. Presthus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
8. Psychological authority: an operational definition for social work Edith M. Tufts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
9. Authority in casework - a bread-and-butter theory Dale G. Hardman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
PART III. The concept of authority in social work
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
10. An outline for study of social authority factors in casework Elliot Studt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
11. The place of authority in the protective function of the public welfare agency Elizabeth de Schweinitz and Karl de Schweinitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
12. Power and authority in treatment - a private agency point of view A. K. Couse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
13. Worker-client authority relationships in social work Elliot Studt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
14. Authoritarianism and social workers: a psychological study Edwin F. Koepp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
PART IV. Authority in social work: basic issues
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
15. Self-determination: king or citizen in the realm of values? Saul Bernstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
16. Responsibility, self-determination, and authority in casework protecti0n of older persons Edna Wasser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
17. Control and values in social work treatment Irving Weisman and Jacob Chwast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
18. Major dilemmas of the social worker in probation and parole Lloyd E. Ohlin, Herman Piven and Donnell M. Pappenfort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
PART V. The use of authority in social work practice
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
19. The concept of authority and its use in child protective service Shankar A. Yelaja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
20. Use of authority in child placement Hilda Meyerowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
21. Authority and permission in working with emotionally disturbed children Fritz Redl and David Wineman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
22. The use of rational authority in the adolescent group Joseph S. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
23. The professional leader's use of rational authority: comment Harold Esterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
24. The use of authority in supervision Bernice Orchard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
25. Authority: a factor in the casework relationship with trial visit patients Sally Knisely Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
26. Authority in the correctional process Arthur E. Fink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298

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December 15, 1971

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9781487575656

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332

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487575656

eBook ISBN: 9781487575656

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