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100			_aAbramovitz, Mimi
245			_aSocial work and social reform: an arena of struggle
260			_c1998
300			_ap.512-26
362			_aNov
520			_aThe profession of social work has the potential both to meet individual needs and to engage in social change. However, the profession's position between the individual and society often forces practitioners to choose between adjusting people and programs to circumstances or challenging the status quo. The twin pressures of containment and change have made social work an arena of struggle since its origins in the late 19th century. In honor of social work's centennial, this article examines the sources of the profession's prochange mandate and the structural factors that limit social work's ability to pledge itself to this stance permanently and recommends some steps social workers can take to recommit the profession to greater activism. Special attention is given to documenting the long but largely ignored history of social work activism. - Reproduced
650			_aSocial reform
650			_aSocial work
773			_aSocial Work
909			_a40659
999			_c40659 _d40659