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The World of the Gift
Argues that despite the media lionization of corporate headloppers and ruthless investors, the gift still constitutes the foundation of even our own society. Describes the gift not as an object but as a social connection that creates an obligation to respond in kind. Finds examples in blood and organ donation, volunteer work, bonds between friends and couples, Santa Clause, and the relationship between performer and audience and artist and society. Originally published as L'Esprit du don by Les Editions La Decouverte and du Boreal in 1992. Canadian card order number: C98-900801-0. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
International Community Psychology
This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.
Book of Reference of the City of Quebec and Village of Saint Sauveur
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
The Self-help Way
This publication offers a summary of current knowledge in the field of self-help/mutual aid. It proposes a new definition of self-help groups, outlines a theory of motivation for mutual aid that gives readers a better understanding of the forces and dynamics at work in the mutual aid practised in self-help groups. It proposes a model for personal health, examines the sources of reluctance many people have to self-help groups and the way one can overcome them. It also contains an overview of numerous studies on self-help groups, and of the activities that have lent support to the self-help movement. Finally, it presents the similarities and differences between the activities of members of self-help groups and those of professionals.
Self-help and Mental Health
This document provides readers with a conceptual and historical overview of self-help. It presents a general analytical framework and familiarizes readers with the principal writers, researchers, and thinkers in the field. The remainder of the document concentrates on the life stories people agreed to share. It breaks the accounts down into three segments: primary network relationships, relations with the professional help network, and relations with the mutual aid network. It summarizes the knowledge gleaned from the analysis of the accounts presented, particularly as it relates to profession training in social work.
Battered Women
A social worker who has participated in the development of group homes for battered women gives a perceptive account of how they work. "An excellent study of policies affecting the women's shelter movement." Quill & Quire
