Social Reform Versus Individual Treatment: Opening a Window to the Reasons of One Hundred Year Debate

Year 2000, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 111 - 122, 15.10.2000

Fatih Şahin

Abstract

After 100 years, there
are stili debates about the basic goal of social work profession. Is it
individual treatment or social reform, adjustment or social change, micro
social work practlce or macro social work practlce, self- determination or
social justice? This article tries to exp!ore the factors causing these false
questions which are conceptualized by the author as parameters of the
conditions in which social work emerge, societal contex in which social work
practised and its relation with the society.

Keywords

Social reform, individual treatment, social justice

SOSYAL REFORMA KARŞI BİREYSEL TEDAVİ: YÜZYILLIK TARTIŞMANIN NEDENLERİNE İLİŞKİN BİR DENEME

Abstract

Yüzyıl sonra dahi, sosyal
hizmet mesleğinin temel amacı konusunda tartışmalar devam etmektedir. Bireysel
tedavi mi yoksa sosyal reform mu, uyum mu yoksa sosyal değişme mi, mikro sosyal
hizmet uygulaması mı makro sosyal hizmet uygulaması mı, self- determinasyon mu
yoksa sosyal adalet mi? Bu makale, bu yanlış sorulara neden olan ve yazar
tarafından, mesleğin gelişim parametreleri, uygulandığı toplumsal koşullar ve
toplumla olan ilişkisi olarak kavramsallaştırılan faktörleri açıklamaya
çalışmaktadır.

Keywords

Sosyal reform, bireysel tedavi, sosyal adalet

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