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Social Systems and Social Regulations (Hardcover)
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In Social Systems and Social Regulations, Elaine Cumming describes
attitudes of patients and clients toward health and welfare
organizations. The focus is on the complex relationships between
regulative agents, as revealed by the movement of clients through
health and welfare systems. The author observes how doctors, clergy
members, police officers, welfare officers, psychiatrists, social
workers, and other social agents relate to one another and to their
clients and charges. Cumming selected Syracuse, New York, typical
of many middle-sized American cities of the 1960s, for her field
studies. These involved several agencies and thousands of
individuals. The result is a thoughtful analysis that can readily
be applied to many aspects of the entire social system. Who are the
clients? What are their problems? How do agents respond to them?
These are some of the topics dealt with at length. From the view
point of the agents, the author discusses how they see their own
roles in the overall regulative system; how areas of operation
interact and overlap; how the network of agencies changed over a
five year period; what major problems remained to be overcome at
the time; and what changes could and should have been made. When
initially published, this was a new examination of the regulative
system in America. Students and scholars will still find this work
invaluable in the study of social control. Professionals will find
many points for contrast and comparison and an analytical framework
for evaluating and solving problems faced in health and welfare
operations throughout the country.
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