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1 online resource (247 pages) |
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Haworth social work practice Social work intervention in an economic crisis |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; About the Authors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Devastation; Chapter 1. The Loss of ""Big Steel"" and the Consequencesfor the River Communities; Chapter 2. The Crisis at the Community Level: ExploringAliquippa, 1984 and Before; Part Two: Evolution of the River Communities Project; Chapter 3. Steps in the Process; Prologue; Historical Involvement with the Mill Towns and the Useof the Concept of Community |
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The School and the River Communities Project: Makinga Formal CommitmentThe Phases of the Project; Part Three: Exploratory Research: Seeking Confirmation at the Community Level; Chapter 4. Aliquippa Update; Chapter 5. The Electric Valley; Study Methods; Study Findings; Chapter 6. The Triborough Study; Study Methods; Study Findings; Chapter 7. Duquesne; Study Methods; The Sample; Study Findings; In Summary; Part Four: Tragedy and Human Response; Chapter 8. Battered Households; Employment, Unemployment, and Training; Social Costs and Social Supports; Other Social Costs, Other Problems |
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In SummaryChapter 9. When Unemployment Strikes:The Responses of Women in Households; Employment, Unemployment, and Training; Social Costs and Social Supports; In Summary; Chapter 10. Elderly Parents and Their UnemployedAdult Children; Economic Distress in McKeesport; Social Costs and Social Supports; In Summary; Chapter 11. Steeltown Fathers: Raising Childrenin an Era of Industrial Decline; Past Findings on Fathers; Pittsburgh Area Study; Income and Economic Well-Being; Parents and Child Care; Other Parent Activities; Outside Child Care Resources; Involvement of Fathers in Household Tasks |
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The Effect of Intimate and Confiding RelationshipsSocial Support; Research Findings; Policy Implications of the Effects of EconomicRestructuring for Families; Chapter 12. The Needs and Concerns of Youthin a Depressed Area: A Brief Report; The Problems Youth Face; Where They Go for Help; Summary; Part Five: Research and Demonstration: Putting Findings into Action; Chapter 13. Selected Community Organization Efforts; The Aliquippa Alliance; The Homestead Community Credit Union; The Mon Valley Development Team; Chapter 14. The Youth Enterprise Demonstration Projects; Aliquippa; East Liberty |
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MonessenChapter 15. The River Communities Project Seminar Series; Summary; Part Six: The River Communities Project in Retrospect; Chapter 16. Lessons Learned: A Critical Analysis; An Analysis of School-Community Relations; Chapter 17. Developing Micro Level Policy:Emergent Themes; Chapter 18. The Limits of Micro Level Interventions:Looking to State and Federal Governments; Chapter 19. Epilogue: A Few Last Observations and an Interview with Jim Cunningham; The Mill Towns Today; The Sequel to the River Communities Project; References; Index |
| Summary |
With the collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s, economic devastation hit the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, region. Social Work Intervention in an Economic Crisis strives to deepen understanding of the impact of the economic tragedy in the Pittsburgh region and to present social workers'efforts to enhance recovery. This case study serves as a model for social workers, human service educators and agency personnel, public health professionals, community organizers, policymakers, economic strategists, and researchers in social work, public health, sociology, anthropology, and political science t |
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English |
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Community development -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Case studies
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Social work with the unemployed -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Case studies
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Deindustrialization -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region
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Plant shutdowns -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pennsylvania
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Community development
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Deindustrialization
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Plant shutdowns
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Social work with the unemployed
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Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Twiss, Pamela
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| ISBN |
0789060361 |
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9780789060365 |
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9781135431907 |
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1135431906 |
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