Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

A 3 page overview of the problems associated with the implementation of the McKinney Act and dealing with the homeless. This paper reviews data for Santa Cruz County California to reveal that despite the implementation of various provisions to address the problems of homelessness, the problem only continues to grow. It is suggested ...

This 6 page paper discusses the Third Sector, i.e., private, nonprofit organizations and also comments on the Manager's Toolbox, a Web site for the nonprofit manager. The emphasis is on Peru. The essay first identifies the type of theoretical approach and type of development regime for nonprofits as they exist in Peru. It then reports ...

5 pages in length. The writer discusses why different expectations and value systems come about in different cultures; how one might clearly convey one's expectations when supervising work in a different culture that will have a different value system; and if a culture's independent specification be written. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. The purpose of the study is stated clearly by way of explaining the difficulties inherent to nonprofit management and its ability to achieve balance between internal and external pressures "in the years ahead as the pressures to adapt to the market grow increasingly intense" (Salamon 96). The case made ...

A 3 page discussion of the importance of utilizing good English. Written from the perspective of a student who has observed her black peers being negatively impacted by the use of non-standard (ebonics) English, this paper asserts that most a student’s use of language can be one of the important determinants of success both ...

This 4 page paper argues that communism is a good idea but difficult to implement. Historical references are made. Historical materialism is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses "Stigma" in terms of its theoretical orientation, theory, and criticims. This paper highlights the ramifications of being stigmatized in our society. Bibliography list 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses "Another Country" which is a book about aging. This paper explores the reason for the title, which basically means that older people often feel as if they are in "another country" based upon their unfamiliarity with aging. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the problems and issues which adult adoptees specifically face. This paper highlights their personality issues, life outlooks, and priotites versus those adults who grew up with their biologial parents. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at each theory separately and points to similarities and differences. Then, authors who embrace both concepts and evaluate them together are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines literature and films as they present images of death, good and bad. No bibliography provided.

5 pages in length. By rote definition, a species is defined as "a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name; specifically: a logical division of a genus or more comprehensive class" (Merriam Webster, 2001, p. PG). However, there is much more beneath the surface that eludes such a ...

A 11 page research paper (including a one-page abstract) that summarizes observations made of three age groups interacting within the environment provided by a mall. The observation relates behaviors to recent research, in order to draw conclusions relative to observed behavior. The groups observed were early childhood, adolescents, and seniors. The writer concludes that in ...

A 3 page paper discussing whether the SNCC should have acted in the way it did during the summer of 1964. It concludes that the SNCC could have had more positive effect had it first studied both cultural and political differences and values; identified points at which it could have effected real change; and ...

This 5 page paper looks at Upton Sinclair's work The Jungle that exemplifies the negative working conditions of the early twentieth century. The plight of immigrants of the time is discussed. Marxism is viewed as a solution to the problems of the period. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper presenting an interview with an 81-year-old woman about her teen years, which occurred during the Great Depression. The woman provides information about high school, home life, working as a teen and the responsibilities she had at home. The second portion of the paper compares the woman’s responses to Erikson’s ...

This 5 page paper takes a look at interracial dating and how it is viewed from a black perspective and from a white perspective. The differences are discussed. Trends are duly noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that investigates the debate over bilingualism. Some people see bilingual education as a necessary mechanism for assimilation, while others view such education, and the multicultural approach that usually accompanies it, as something that blocks assimilation and legitimates differences that could eventually fracture the cohesion of the United States. An examination ...

A 10 page paper discussing public and private approaches to rural community development. Rural communities may be able to benefit from additional government helps, but the key to community-defined community development rests with the people of that community and the local culture that has developed over time. This paper discusses the social technique ...

This is a 10 page paper discussing the social theories of Emile Durkheim and in relation to social theories of the social phenomenon of substance use and abuse. The social theories of Emile Durkheim relate to the important social factors of group cohesion, integration, interaction, limits and controls over its members. Without these aspects during ...

A 5 page paper which examines how whites treated blacks in “Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin.” No additional sources cited.

This is a 9 page paper discussing the generation gap today between parents and adolescents. The concept of the generation gap became the most prevalent in the 1960s during the cultural revolution when the values and beliefs of the younger generation were considered drastically different from those of their parents. While the generation gap was ...

A 4 page outline of Conduct Disorder and one means of addressing the problem. This paper recommends community-based behavioral interventional tactics which target positively impacting parent/child interaction. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper, based on Max Weber's theory of Bureaucracy, outlines the importance of bureaucracy when it comes to the efficient running of a hospital.

This is an 8 page paper discussing the relationships between men and women and the existence of inequality within marriage. The increasing role of women in the workplace often leads to disparity and inequality within marriages which is more obvious today as in the past because inequality still exists when both spouses are working. The ...