Human Services in Contemporary America - Hardcover

Schmolling, Paul; Youkeles, Merrill; Burger, William R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534195849 ISBN 13: 9780534195847

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 1992

Synopsis

Striking a balance between realism and idealism, pessimism and optimism, theory and application, and analysis and action, this multidisciplinary introduction to the field of human services is designed to enhance the reader's capacity to facilitate the lives of others. Based on the authors' belief that a humanistic perspective -- combined with a realistic awareness of pressing social problems -- provides the best foundation for creative and effective helping, the authors provide a survey of what human services is and what it takes to be a human services worker. .The authors cover all essential areas of human services, devoting separate chapters to consumers of human services, major historical developments in the field, the most commonly used approaches to helping, and factors contributing to the need for services. The Third Edition takes into account recent economic and political trends, including the current budgetary squeeze on domestic social programs, coupled with worsening conditions in our society (increased incidence of illiteracy, unemployment, teen pregnancies, school dropouts, and drug abuse).

About this title

About the Author:

Ph.D., New York University

Review:

Human Services In Contemporary America uses a multidisciplinary approach to the field of human services, giving readers an overview of the helping field, of the groups of people who get help from human services, of the programs available to them, and the practical skills workers can employ. Human Services In Contemporary America is a comprehensive survey of what the human services field has become and what it takes to be a human services worker. Human Services In Contemporary America is an articulate and comprehensive introduction to a field that has great implications for today's national dialogue over issues that range from welfare reform to child care to deadbeat parents to education and much, much more. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0534195849
• ISBN 13: 9780534195847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320