structures and dynamics in social intervention - a theoretical framework /
by Gert J.F. Leene and Theo N.M. Schuyt.
Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
2008.
1 online resource (vi, 128 pages) :
illustrations
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The New Strangers; 1 The Third Element; 2 Elaboration of a Triadic Social Intervention Model; 3 Legitimacy: Contracts; 4 Values; 5 Attitude: How to Handle Asymmetry; 6 The Role of Magic and Rituals; 7 Community Work as a Third Element; 8 Dynamizing the Western European Welfare State Model; 9 Needs and Philanthropy; Index.
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The decline of the welfare state in Western Europe has left social care and everyday help in the hands of strangers. Utilizing twenty-five years of research, this book presents a new theoretical framework for social intervention, making a case for recognition of the significance of strangers when improving social intervention.