Norman N Goroff
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman N Goroff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman N |
| FAMILY NAME | Goroff |
| SIGNATURE | GOROFF N N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transcending Despair: A Prelude to Action
The central thesis of this essay is that in order to feel empowered to work for the elimination of nuclear weapons, persons need to face and transcend their despair when they contemplate the nuclear destruction of the planet. The repression of fear of nuclear disaster results in a sense of powerlessness to do anything about the inevitable destruction and consequently nothing is done, thereby allowing the "Lovers of Death" (Fromm, 1964) to build b…
Introduction and Dedication
In 1977 the Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare published a Special Issue edited by the late Larry Northwood on The Welfare-Warfare State. This was one of the first journal publications by social workers and sociologists on this vital issue. Larry was one of the original members of the National Association of Social Workers' Peace Committee and did much to stimulate the analysis of the relationship between a warfare and a welfare state
The Anatomy of "Burn-Out;" The Love Paradigm as Antidote
The phenomena, "burn-out," contains all of the factors of disappointment, disillusionment, fatigue, hopelessness, and powerlessness that a person experiences when coming face-to-face with the inherent contradictions between a desire to help fellow human beings and the structural demands and limitations of a social service enterprise wherein control is the central concern
A Few Parting Words
The publication of this issue brings to an end thirteen years of my involvement with this Journal as Managing Editor, Publisher, and Editor. Ralph Segalman and I put the first issue together in the backyard of my house in West Hartford in 1972. The issue was printed in 1973 and marked the beginning of an adventure that has lasted all these years. We advanced the money to pay for the printing of that first issue. The subscriptions that came in ena…
The Social Construction of the Feeling of Personal Inadequacy: An Aspect of Social Control
The Community Mental Health Center Movement and the Medicalization CF Human Distress
Occupational Survival: The Case of the Local Authority Social Worker
Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promises
Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sam-pling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available. There are ma…
Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promises
Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sampling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available
Conflict Theories and Social Work Education
How one defines the world has consequences for one's actions in the world. Sociology has attempted to utilize the scientific method to help human beings understand their social world. However, in the process of its development, sociology has reflected the ideological bias of its practitioners. (Mills, 1943). Irving Zeitlin (1968, pp. vii) claims "Much of classical sociology arose within the context of a debate - first with eighteenth-century thou…
Social Service and Urban-Renewal: A Case Illustration
The city of Stamford, Connecticut has an Urban Renewal project as have most Urban centers. The Family Relocation Divison of Stamford's Urban Redevelopment Commission (URC) entered into a contract with the Family and Children's Services (FCS) to provide one day a week consultation to the Relocation staff and client services to the families in the renewal area. This consultation involved in-service training programs geared toward helping the reloca…
The Metamorphosis of Lee High School
Social Welfare as Coercive Social Control
The key concepts which require some basic definitions in the title are "social welfare, social control and coercion". For the purposes of this paper, social welfare is defined as those public programs designed to provide an individual who is in financial need with the resources (financial and/or in kind) to exist in our society. Social control refers to the entire range of actions and pressures which are designed to lead the individual to functio…
Ideology, Sociological Theories, and Public Policy
Excerpt from the full-text article: It is important that my basic assumptions about social theories be made explicit at the very outset. 1. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of man/woman. 2. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of society or the collectivity. 3. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the relationship of man/woman…
Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promises
Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sampling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available
Ideology, Sociological Theories, and Public Policy
Excerpt from the full-text article: It is important that my basic assumptions about social theories be made explicit at the very outset. 1. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of man/woman. 2. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of society or the collectivity. 3. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the relationship of man/woman…
Social Welfare as Coercive Social Control
The key concepts which require some basic definitions in the title are "social welfare, social control and coercion". For the purposes of this paper, social welfare is defined as those public programs designed to provide an individual who is in financial need with the resources (financial and/or in kind) to exist in our society. Social control refers to the entire range of actions and pressures which are designed to lead the individual to functio…
Social Service and Urban-Renewal: A Case Illustration
The city of Stamford, Connecticut has an Urban Renewal project as have most Urban centers. The Family Relocation Divison of Stamford's Urban Redevelopment Commission (URC) entered into a contract with the Family and Children's Services (FCS) to provide one day a week consultation to the Relocation staff and client services to the families in the renewal area. This consultation involved in-service training programs geared toward helping the reloca…
The Metamorphosis of Lee High School
Conflict Theories and Social Work Education
How one defines the world has consequences for one's actions in the world. Sociology has attempted to utilize the scientific method to help human beings understand their social world. However, in the process of its development, sociology has reflected the ideological bias of its practitioners. (Mills, 1943). Irving Zeitlin (1968, pp. vii) claims "Much of classical sociology arose within the context of a debate - first with eighteenth-century thou…
Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promises
Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sampling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available
Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promises
Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sam-pling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available. There are ma…
The Community Mental Health Center Movement and the Medicalization CF Human Distress
Occupational Survival: The Case of the Local Authority Social Worker
The Social Construction of the Feeling of Personal Inadequacy: An Aspect of Social Control
The Anatomy of "Burn-Out;" The Love Paradigm as Antidote
The phenomena, "burn-out," contains all of the factors of disappointment, disillusionment, fatigue, hopelessness, and powerlessness that a person experiences when coming face-to-face with the inherent contradictions between a desire to help fellow human beings and the structural demands and limitations of a social service enterprise wherein control is the central concern
A Few Parting Words
The publication of this issue brings to an end thirteen years of my involvement with this Journal as Managing Editor, Publisher, and Editor. Ralph Segalman and I put the first issue together in the backyard of my house in West Hartford in 1972. The issue was printed in 1973 and marked the beginning of an adventure that has lasted all these years. We advanced the money to pay for the printing of that first issue. The subscriptions that came in ena…
Transcending Despair: A Prelude to Action
The central thesis of this essay is that in order to feel empowered to work for the elimination of nuclear weapons, persons need to face and transcend their despair when they contemplate the nuclear destruction of the planet. The repression of fear of nuclear disaster results in a sense of powerlessness to do anything about the inevitable destruction and consequently nothing is done, thereby allowing the "Lovers of Death" (Fromm, 1964) to build b…
Introduction and Dedication
In 1977 the Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare published a Special Issue edited by the late Larry Northwood on The Welfare-Warfare State. This was one of the first journal publications by social workers and sociologists on this vital issue. Larry was one of the original members of the National Association of Social Workers' Peace Committee and did much to stimulate the analysis of the relationship between a warfare and a welfare state
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