Book Reviews

Skeggs, Beverley, Formations of Class and Gender Duncan, Simon and Edwards, Rosalind (eds), Single Mothers in an International Context: Mothers or Workers? Evans, Mary, Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought Ferguson, Marjorie and Golding, Peter (eds), Cultural Studies in Question Gauntlett, D., Video Critical: Children, the Environment and Media Power Newman, F. and Holzman, I., The End of Knowing: A New Developmental Way of Learning Pawson, Ray and Tilley, Nick, Realistic Evaluation Layder, Derek, Modern Social Theory: Key Debates and New Directions Grint, Keith and Woolgar, Steve, The Machine at Work: Technology, Work and Organization Green, Judith, Risk and Misfortune: The Social Construction of Accidents Pile, Steve and Keith, Michael (eds), Geographies of Resistance Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace Green, S.J.D. and Whiting, R.C. (eds), The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain Bewes, Timothy, Cynicism and Postmodernity     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family by Ben Fine. Women, Management and Care by Cordelia Grimwood and Ruth Popplestone. Gendered By Design? Information Technology and Office Systems by Eileen Green, Jenny Owen and Den Pain (eds.). Women and the Work/Family Dilemma: How Today's Professional Women are Finding Solutions by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker. Incomparable Worth by Steven E. Rhoads.     

Workplace flexibility: a model of change

The inception of When Work Works – a theoretical- and research-based model of change in promoting effective and flexible workplaces – dates back to the confluence of a number of factors in the early 1990s. One decade later, this ‘perfect storm’ of factors led to the creation of When Work Works, and two decades later, to this critical assessment of the foundation for and results of this model of change. When Work Works has used partnerships with nationwide business organizations with community chapters in combination with media coverage, educational events, the creation of tools and materials and grassroots methods to communicate well-researched information to employers that show workplace flexibility is not just a favor or perk for employees but can be a powerful strategy for promoting better outcomes for both employers and employees. The program has been responsible for implementing a rigorous award and providing numerous community-based recognition and educational events on workplace effectiveness and flexibility around the country and for assisting many employers to effectively create more flexible and effective workplaces. When Work Works has been designed around eight key principles for creating change on a national level. This paper presents the context in which When Work Works evolved, a detailed discussion of the eight principles of Families and Work Institute's model of change, its results and lessons other organizations may wish to apply in their own change initiatives.     

Book Reviews

Celia Briar, Working for Women? Gendered Work and Welfare Policies in Twentieth Century Britain Rosemary Crompton, Duncan Gallie and Kate Purcell, Changing Forms of Employment Organisations, Skills and Gender Barbara Harrison, ‘Not Only the Dangerous Trades’. Women's Work and Health in Britain, 1880–1914 Suzan Lewis and Jeremy Lewis, The Work — Family Challenge: Rethinking Employment     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture and Development: Albrecht , Don E., and Steve M. Murdock . The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective. Agriculture and Development: Hallberg , M. C, Jill L. Findeis , and Daniel A. Lass (eds.). Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families. Agriculture and Development: Eicher , Carl K., and John M. Staatz (eds.). Agricultural Development in the Third World. Agriculture and Development: Adams , Dale W., and Delbert A. Fitchett (eds.). Informal Finance in Low-Income Countries. Community and Work: Oldenquist , Andrew, and Menachem Rosner (eds.). Community and Work: Fugita , Stephen S., and David J. O'Brien . Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community. Community and Work: Colclough , Glenna, and Charles M. Tolbert II. Work in the Fast Lane: Flexibilities, Division of Labor, and Inequality in High Tech Industries. Community and Work: Kemmis , Daniel . Community and the Politics of Place. Community and Work: Murdock , Steve H., and David R. Ellis . Applied Demography: An Introduction to Basic Concepts, Methods, and Data. Community and Work: South , Scott J., and Stewart E. Tolnay (eds.). The Changing American Family: Sociological and Demographic Perspectives. Community and Work: Goodman , David, and Michael Redclift . Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture. Machlis , Gary E., and Donald R. Field (eds.). On Interpretation: Sociology for Interpreters of Natural and Cultural History. Community and Work: Mason , Robert J. Contested Lands: Conflict and Compromise in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Community and Work: Hallberg , Milton C. (ed.). Bovine Somatotropin and Emerging Issues: An Assessment.     

Britain's New White Paper: Making Governance Work for the Poor

Books reviewed in this article: Eliminating World Poverty: Making Governance Work for the Poor – A White Paper on International Development. By the Secretary of State for International Development     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Rosemary Crompton, Women and Work in Modern Britain Keith Grint and Steve Woolgar, The Machine at Work: Technology, Work and Organization Jill Rubery, Mark Smith, Colette Fagan and Damian Grimshaw, Women and European Employment Jill Rubery, Women and European Employment Robin L. Bartlett (ed), Introducing Race and Gender into Economics     

Professional morale and social work training: A study

This article presents the results of an empirical study that was designed to ascertain the state of professional morale of the membership of the Connecticut Society for Clinical Social Work. The data suggest a dissatisfaction with career choice. Reassessment of the character and quality of social work supervision emerges as one of the study's implications.This article is adapted from the author's Masters thesis,Social Workers, Social Work, and Professional Self-Perceptions (1978), for the Smith College School for Social Work. The author wishes to thank Professor Roger Miller of Smith for his helpful comments.     

Book Reviews

Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber and Beth B. Hess, (eds.) Revisioning Gender Annmarie Adams and Peta Tancred, Designing Women: Gender and the Architecture Profession Belinda J. Carpenter, Re‐Thinking Prostitution: Feminism, Sex, and the Self Joanna Brewis and Stephen Linstead, Sex, Work and Sex Work: Eroticising Organisation     

Defining child abuse: Exploring variations in ratings of discipline severity among child welfare practitioners

This study investigated child welfare practitioners’ ratings of the severity of parental discipline practices. Ratings varied by the type of act, age of the child, and by chronicity. Exploratory investigation into changes across time found that current practitioners (N = 27) rated several practices (e.g. spanking and shaking) as more severe than did professionals (N = 24) sampled in 1977. Results underscore the complexity of defining child maltreatment and offer implications for practitioners, applied researchers, and child welfare policy makers.The authors Stephen D. Whitney, Emiko A. Tajima, Todd I. Herrenkohl, and Bu Huang are affiliated with the School of Social Work, University of Washington.Work on this project is supported by funds from the Social Work Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington (National Institute of Mental Health Grant R24MH56599, Lewayne Gilchrist, PI) and by the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund.     

Book Review

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Social Work in Rural Communities, 2nd ed., edited by Leon H. Ginsberg. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education. $13.00 (paper).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Explanation and Understanding by Georg Henrik von Wright. Patterns of Evaluation in Science: Institutionalisation, Structure and Functions of the Referee System by Harriet Zuckerman and Robert K. Merton. Hostels for Probationers. A Home Office Research Unit Report by Ian Sinclair. Two Blades of Grass: Rural Co-operatives in Agricultural Moderniz-ation edited by P. Worsley. Ethnic Minorities in Britain by Ernest Krausz. Class Inequality and Political Order: Social Stratification in Capitalist and Communist Societies by Frank Parkin. Social Research in Bethnal Green: An Evaluation of the Work of the Institute of Community Studies by Jennifer Platt. Managers and their Wives: A Study of Career and Family Relation-ships in the Middle Class by J. M. and R. E. Pahl. Homelessness in London by J. Greve, D. Page and S. Greve. Homeless Near a Thousand Homes by Bryan Glastonbury. The Sociology of Occupations by E. A. Krause. Automation and Alienation: A Study of Office and Factory Workers by J. M. Shepard. Socwhgical Aspects of Crime and Delinquency by Michael Phillipson. Learning and Social Behaviour by Barry McLaughlin. A Sociology of Work in Industry by Alan Fox. Young People and Leisure by John Leigh. School and Society prepared by the School and Society Course Team at The Open University. The Planning of Social Security, International Social Security Associ-ation. The Urban Mosaic by D. W. G. Timms. Patterns of Power and Authority in English Education by Frank Musgrove. The Scientist's Rôle in Society: A Comparative Study by Joseph Ben-David. The Emerging Worker: Equality and Conflict in the Mass Con-sumption Society by William A. Westley and Margaret W. Westley. Deviance and Society by Laurie Taylor. The Nigerian Military: A Sociological Anlaysis of Authority and Revoltj 1960–67 by Robin Luckham.     

‘Business under new management’ — lessons from Canada on regulation of the social work profession

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In December 1998 the Social Work and Social Service Work Act (hereafter the Ontario Act) was passed in Ontario, Canada marking the effective completion of social work regulatory legislation across provincial Canada. This article outlines the principal features of the Ontario regulations, and summarises the strengths and limitations of the various arrangements which have been implemented across Canada. As moves toward control of the Australian social work profession are contemplated, the implications for such a move are discussed in the light of the Canadian experience.     

Must Schools of Social Work be Freestanding? Yes!

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Point/Counterpoint is a regular feature of the Journal of Social Work Education. Its purpose is to provide a vehicle for the expression of contrasting views on controversial topics in social work education. Our goal is to illuminate important debates and explore the diverse perspectives that are shaping social work education.

In each issue of the Journal, social work educators are invited to comment on a topic about which they have differing viewpoints. Each commentator is given an opportunity to make a brief rebuttal. In this issue, Barbara Shank (Chair, Department of Social Work, University of St. Thomas and the College of St. Catherine), Irving Piliavin (Director, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Marsha Seltzer (Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison) address the question: Must schools of social work be freestanding?     

Book reviews

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TO HA VE AND TO HOLD: Marriage, the First Baby and Preparing for Parenthood

CHRISTOPHER F. CLULOW. Aberdeen University Press, 1982. (Reviewed by Jeanne A. Bertrand)

THE STEP FAMILY: A Growing Challenge for Social Work by DIANA BROWN, Social Work Monograph no.4, 1982

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCEST: A Feminist View by ANNA FAIRTLOUGH, Social Work Monograph no. 16, 1983

THE PERMANENCY PRINCIPLE IN CHILD CARE SOCIAL WORK by CATRIONA MORRIS, Social Work Monograph no. 21, 1984.

SOCIAL WORK AND MENTAL ILLNESS ALAN BUTLER AND COLIN PRITCHARD

SOCIAL WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AWAY FROM HOME SYLVIA MASSEY AND MARY PEALEY

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS (6) Working with Children Editor: JOYCE LISHMAN

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Independent comment on Audiovisual and Print Materials

Book reviewed in this article: Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy Ed. David A. Paré and Glenn Larner Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. Sharlene Nagy Hesse‐Biber and Patricia Leavy Technology in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide. S. Goss & K. Anthony (Eds) Gene—Environment Processes in Social Behaviours and Relationships. K. Deater‐Deckard & S.A. Petrill (Eds) Bodywise: A Family Group Program for Child Obesity. Kristine Moxley, Simone Abbott, Lisa Clement, Ben Schueler, Vanessa Richardson. Child & Adolescent Development Unit, Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital, Wentworth Area Health Service Mates Traits Cards.; Conceived by Russell Deal, illustrated by Mat Jones, and edited by Karen Masman Our Scrapbook of Strengths.; St Luke's Innovative Resources and Family Action Centre Stones… have Feelings Too!; Conceived by Russell Deal, illustrated by Ray Bowler, and edited by Karen Masman Toddler Taming. Rev. edn. Christopher Green Toddler Taming Tips. Christopher Green Great Ideas for (Tired) Parents. Michael Grose One Step Ahead: Raising 3–12 Year Olds. Rev. edn. Michael Grose Every Kid (Parenting Your 5 to 12 Year Old). Brent Waters and Liz Kennedy Exploring the Unsaid: Creativity, Risks, and Dilemmas in Working Cross‐Culturally. Barry Mason & Alice Sawyerr (Eds) Family Health Social Work Practice. F. K. Yuen, G. J. Skibinski, & J.T. Pardeck (Eds) Social Work in the Health Field, 2nd edn. L.A. Fort Cowles     

Response to Nazneen Mayadas

California has actively engaged in the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Subsequently, the California Social Work Education Center Aging Initiative conducted a university survey of gerontology education in California graduate social work schools (N?=?17). In 2005, students taking aging courses were 12% in comparison to a national report of 7% by the Council on Social Work Education and an earlier 1993 national survey of 3%. Still, the number of gerontology students remains less than needed numbers. However, California social work schools are well-prepared with infused curricula for all social workers and exceed previous standards for gerontology faculty and aging field placements. The implications for California are discussed as well as recommendations for updating the earlier gerontology curricula criteria.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Stephen Whitehead and Roy Moodley (eds), Transforming Managers: Gendering Change in the Public Sector Julia O'Connell Davidson, Prostitution, Power and Freedom Su Maddock, Challenging Women Kathleen Weiler and Sue Middleton (eds), Telling Women's Lives Eileen Drew, Ruth Emerek and Evelyn Mahon, Women, Work and the Family in Europe Ian Proctor and Maureen Padfield, Young Adult Women, Work and Family     

Plagiarism and the Web

TechNotes is a new occasional column in the Journal of Social Work Education designed to bring to readers’ attention new developments in technology of relevance to social work education. In this first column, Robert F. Vernon, associate professor, School of Social Work, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, Shirley Bigna, assistant director, Krannert Memorial Library, University of Indianapolis, and Marshall L. Smith, professor, Social Work Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, describe technology that can help educators to deal with plagiarism.     

Postmodernism: A Dead End in Social Work Epistemology

Postmodernism continues to have a detrimental influence on social work, questioning the Enlightenment, criticizing established research methods, and challenging scientific authority. The promotion of postmodernism by editors of Social Work and the Journal of Social Work Education has elevated postmodernism, placing it on a par with theoretically guided and empirically based research. The inclusion of postmodernism in the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards of the Council on Social Work Education and its 2015 sequel further erode the knowledge-building capacity of social work educators. In relation to other disciplines that have exploited empirical methods, social work’s stature will continue to ebb until postmodernism is rejected in favor of scientific methods for generating knowledge.