How to Organize Prevention: Political, Organizational, and Professional Challenges to Social Services (Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence)

This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it is published in English and German and comprises research monographs, collections of essays and editions of source texts dealing with German-Jewish literary and cultural history, in particular from the period covering the 18th to 20th centuries. The closer definition of the term German-Jewish applied to literature and culture is an integral part of its historical development. Primarily, the decisive factor is that from the middle of the 18th century German gradually became the language of choice for Jews, and Jewish authors started writing in German, rather than Yiddish or Hebrew, even when they were articulating Jewish themes. This process is directly connected an historical change in mentality and social factors which led to a gradual opening towards a non-Jewish environment, which in its turn was becoming more open. In the Enlightenment, German society becomes the standard of reference – initially for an intellectual elite. Against this background, the term German-Jewish literature refers to the literary work of Jewish authors writing in German to the extent that explicit or implicit Jewish themes, motifs, modes of thought or models can be identified in them. From the beginning of the 19th century at the latest, however, the image of Jews in the work of non-Jewish writers, determined mainly by anti-Semitism, becomes a factor in German-Jewish literature. There is a tension between Jewish writers' authentic reference to Jewish traditions or existence and the anti-Semitic marking and discrimination against everything Jewish which determines the overall development of the history of German-Jewish literature and culture. This series provides an appropriate forum for research into the whole problematic area. Preface Contents Contributors Introduction. How to Organize Prevention: Suggestions for Innovations in Social Work Part I. Socio-Political Issues of Prevention Social Europe. Welfare State Trajectories of the European Community Family Policy and the Liberal State Professional Help and Solidarity Prevention as a Component of Regulation in 'Risk Societies' Individualization of Family Structures and Socio-Political Intervention Part II. Models of Organization and Development Strategies for Social Services Sectoral Approaches to Prevention in Social Work: Private, Professional and Ethno-Centered Practice in Canada Prevention: Perspectives for its Organization in a Differentiated Society Organizing Good Intentions Organizing and Financing Prevention: Community-Based Programs for Children and Families Community-Based Child and Family Services in an Urban Setting: An Examination of Service Delivery and the Potential for Prevention Child Welfare in Japan Part III. Professional Competence and Preventive Action The Discourse of Social Work: Normalization Versus the Autonomy of Life Praxis The Gender Bias in Welfare Politics: Some Remarks on New Starting Points for the Discussion of Prevention Prevention: Some Current Issues in the UK The Service Delivery System: A Key Element in Prevention Planning The Future in the Past: Deriving Social Work Competence from Past Success An Eco-Social Action Concept of Prevention: Life Text and Context Interpretations in their Preventive Function Discussion Statement: Professional Action And Concepts of Prevention Part IV. Preventive Strategies in Social Work Practice Youth Participation and Integrated Youth Policy on Local Level Social Constraints on Primary Prevention: The Case of Child Sexual Abuse Policy Deprivation and Poor Health in Childhood: Prospects for Prevention Experiences from German Youth Programs for the Primary Prevention of Aids: A Work in Progress Report Notes on Child Abuse and Incest: How Incest Became a Question of Social Injustice towards Women and was Seperated from the Issue of Child Abuse Prevention and the Utilization of Evaluation Research Part V. Preventive Strategies in the Criminal Justice System Careers and Process in Preventative Services for Young People in England Delinquency Prevention and Control Policies in the United States: Issues and Prospects for the Future Individual Prevention: Comments on an Obsolete Conception Techno-Prevention and Conflict Management versus Moral-Authoritarian Control in Criminal Policy Dutch Policies for Prevention of Vandalism and Petty Crime Discussion Statement: Prevention Strategies in the Criminal Justice System Subject Index Edited By Hans-uwe Otto And Gaby Flösser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.