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Abstract
Social casework seems always in tension between some inherent tendency to be radical in a social and political way and a comparable drive to hold on to the established modes of life that are conventional and conservative. The profession has never pretended to be value-free, and within the values held forth resides this tension to which I refer. Similarly, social casework has long been a socially activist field -- as simple comparison with any other accepted profession readily demonstrates -- and in its assertive endeavors this same combination of radical and conservative tendencies can be identified. To a radical, such as I consider myself to be, social casework has long been a field with insistent promises that never seem quite to reach the level of attainment that it would be reasonable to expect.
Recommended Citation
Lichtenberg, Philip
(1976)
"Radicalism in Casework,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 4:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1187
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