Professionalization and activism in social work: the sixties, the eighties, and the future
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Foreword, by Richard A. Cloward xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
INTRODUCTION 1
The Sixties Versus the Eighties 2
Purpose of the Book 3
The Authors Approach 3
Methodology 4
Study Samples 4
Approaches to Data Analysis and Comparisons 5
Other Methodological Issues 7
Intended Audience 7
Organization of the Book 8
CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL ACTION ATTITUDES AND
BEHAVIORS: THE SIXTIES VERSUS THE EIGHTIES 9
National Surveys of Attitudes Toward Poverty 10
Attitudes Toward Poverty 11
Clients Social Class 14
Commitment to Activist Goals 16
Approval of Activist Strategies 17
Social Action Behaviors 20
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viii Contents
Specialization and Social Work Activism 23
Auspice and Activism 27
Summary 29
CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS AND
SOCIAL WORK ACTIVISM 32
Social Class Origins and Social Work Activism 33
Gender and Social Work Activism 33
Testing the Effects of Gender 36
Age and Social Activism 40
Assessing Effects of Age 44
Racial/Religious Groups and Activism 49
Assessing Effects of Socio Religious Identification 51
Conclusions 59
Political Party Affiliation and Social Work Activism 60
Assessing Effects of Political Party Affiliation 62
Conclusions 67
Summary 68
CHAPTER 3: THE PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF
SOCIAL WORKERS: THE SIXTIES VERSUS
THE EIGHTIES 70
Assessing the Professional Attributes of Social Workers 74
Organizational Professionalization 74
Professional Participation 77
Commitment to Professional Role Orientations 80
Assessing Social Worker Role Orientations 81
Role Orientations of Professors, Lawyers, Engineers, and
Social Workers 85
Commitment to the Ideology of Professionalism 87
The Exercise of Professional Autonomy 89
The Assessment of Social Worker Autonomy 90
Physicians, Social Workers, and Perceptions of Autonomy 92
The Professionalization of Social Work Segments 93
Specialization and Professionalization 94
Auspice and Professionalization 96
Summary 99
Contents ix
CHAPTER 4: PROFESSIONALIZATION AND SOCIAL
WORKER ACTIVISM: TWO TESTS OF THE
CONSERVATIVE PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITY MODEL 102
Negative Theories of Professionalization 103
Stratification Explanations 105
Explanations Based on Professional Attitudes, Beliefs, and Norms 106
Positive Theories of Professionalization 107
Absence of Empirical Testing 108
The Conservative Professional Community Model 109
Empirically Testing the Conservative Professional
Community Model 110
Correlational Analysis 110
Is Social Work an Integrated Professional Community? 112
Is the Professional Community of Social Workers Organized Around
an Ideology of Professionalism? 114
Are Social Workers Who Are More Professionalized Also
Less Activist? 115
How Does Commitment to an Ideology of Professionalism Affect
Social Workers Activism? 119
Testing the Conservative Professional Community Model Within
Social Work Segments 121
Summary and Conclusions 126
CHAPTER 5: THE MYTHOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF
SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALIZATION
AND ACTIVISM 128
The Political Mythology of Professionalization and Activism 129
The Future of Social Work Professionalization 133
The Future of Social Worker Activism 135
APPENDIX A: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH ON SOCIAL
WORK PROFESSIONALIZATION AND ACTIVISM 137
Some Caveats for Future Sociologists of Occupations 140
x Contents
APPENDIX B: MAJOR INDICES AND THEIR
COMPONENT ITEMS 141
Indices of Professionalization and Professionalism 141
Index of Organizational Professionalization 141
Index of Professional Participation 141
Index of Professionalism 142
Index of Autonomy 143
Indices of Social Activism 144
Index of Commitment to Activist Goals 144
Index of Public Welfare Conflict Approval 144
Indices of Activist Behavior 145
Index of Institutionalized Social Action Behavior 145
Index of Noninstitutionalized Social Action Behavior 146
Index of Electoral Social Action Behavior 147
Index of Professional Social Action Behavior 147
Notes 149
References 151
Index 163
LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.1. Opinions in 1968 and 1984 About the Reasons for
Poverty 12
TABLE 1.2. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Agreeing With Each
Belief About Poverty 13
TABLE 1.3. Social Class of Actual and Preferred Agency Clients
in 1968 and 1984 14
TABLE 1.4. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Approving Each
Professional Goal 16
TABLE 1.5. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Approving Each
Strategy in Public Welfare Reform 19
TABLE 1.6. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on Social
Action Behavior 21
TABLE 1.7. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on Social
Activism By Segment 25
TABLE 1.8. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Auspice
(1984) 28
TABLE 2.1. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Sex in
1968 and 1984 37
TABLE 2.2. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Age
(1968) 45
TABLE 2.3. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Age
(1984) 46
TABLE 2.4. Wilcoxon Mean Ranks on Social Activism by Age
(1984) 47
xii List of Tables
TABLE 2.5. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Religious
Group Identification in 1968 and 1984 53
TABLE 2.6. Percent Scoring High on Social Activism by Political
Affiliation in 1968 and 1984 65
TABLE 3.1. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on
Working in Agencies Peopled Predominantly by MSWs or by
MSWs and BSWs 75
TABLE 3.2. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on
Professional Participation 78
TABLE 3.3. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on
Professional Role Orientation 82
TABLE 3.4. Percentage in 1957, 1968, and 1984 Choosing the
Profession, Clients, or Agency in Conflict Situations 84
TABLE 3.5. Percent of Professors, Lawyers, Engineers, and
Social Workers in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on Wilensky
Professional, Careerist, and Client Orientation Indices 85
TABLE 3.6. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Approving of Values of
Professionalism 88
TABLE 3.7. Percentage in 1984 Agreeing With Statements About
Autonomy in the Work Setting 91
TABLE 3.8. Percentage in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on
Professionalization by Segment 96
TABLE 3.9. Percentage Scoring High on Professionalization by
Auspice (1984) 98
TABLE 4.1. TAU C Intercorrelations of Indices of
Professionalization for 1968 113
TABLE 4.2. TAU C Intercorrelations of Indices of
Professionalization for 1984 116
TABLE 4.3. TAU C Correlations of Social Work Activism Indices
by Professionalization and Values of Professionalism for 1968 118
TABLE 4.4. TAU C Correlations of Social Work Activism Indices
by Professionalization and Values of Professionalism for 1984 118
TABLE 4.5. Percent in 1968 and 1984 Scoring High on Social
Work Activism by Degree of Professionalism 121
TABLE 4.6. TAU C Correlations Between Social Work Activism
and Professionalization Within Segments for 1968 122
TABLE 4.7. TAU C Correlations Between Social Work Activism
and Professionalization Within Segments for 1984 124
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