"The book is divided into four parts with a total of 23 chapters. The first two chapters constitute Part I of this book, which focuses on explicating our generalist-eclectic approach to direct social work practice. In Part II, high-level or meta-theories for direct practice are …
How do local wealth shocks impact economic activity? For over two centuries, Spain has conducted a national lottery which often results in the random allocation of up to 800 million in cash to the citizens of one town. This is the only case in the world where individuals living …
This qualitative research project uses a narrative approach to study how seven Faith-based organizations in a ten-county area of southern New Jersey have maintained, adapted, expanded or abandoned their original mission since their founding. What is the story of each respective …
From the late 1950s in the north, to the 1970s until the mid- 1980s in the south, there was little room or opportunity to form non-state voluntary organizations and associations in Vietnam. With few exceptions, only those established by the Communist Party and other state agenci…
As the need for nonprofits to deliver social services for our most vulnerable communities increases due to systemic inequities, challenges of addressing gender and racial inequities arise both in nonprofit leadership and in Sacramento’s homeless population. This thesis examines …
This thesis, based on field research in Lebanon, explores how the confessional nature of the Lebanese state affects the construction of civil society. It elaborates on the state's role as a social service provider and its legal and bureaucratic relationship with the Lebanese NGO…
In my ethnography of Coptic social services, I explore the forms of pastoral care deployed by the Coptic Orthodox Church to create spaces where the central element of the Christian tradition--the commandment to love--is realized in a life of sharing. I look at two main forms of …
Background and rationale. The largest group of women veterans today served in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The influx of OEF/OIF women veterans has created increased demands for VA health services beyond the levels usually associated with t…
In the first half of the fourth century CE, church leaders, heads of state, monks, lay Christians and Jews all began to provide charitable care for the destitute poor and sick in the form of food, shelter, medical care, baths, burial and alms in hospitals, hospices and shelters …
La présente thèse porte sur les groupes d'activités scolaires en tant qu'intervention de groupe en service social et leur contribution dans le renforcement des droits de l'enfant en Égypte. L'objectif général de la recherche est d'explorer la situation de la pratique du service …