| 释义 |
social administration social administration - the academic field of study that developed out of a 19th-century concern with SOCIAL POLICY.
- the practice of managing social agencies such as Social Service departments.
Pinker (1971) distinguishes between social administration sense 1 and sociology by arguing that although they share a common starting point, the development of industrial societies, sociology has been primarily concerned with the theoretical explanations of INDUSTRIALIZATION, whilst social administration has been concerned with the practical development of effective policies with which to tackle the problems that have accompanied industrialization, such as POVERTY, CRIME, ill-health, poor housing, etc. The origins of social administration, therefore, are usually located in a number of reforming individuals, such as BOOTH and ROWNTREE. This tradition is thought to have continued in the work of TITMUSS and can be seen to influence the work of a number of contemporary sociologists, such as Peter Townsend. It would be wrong, however, to suggest that the early sociologists were not interested in the policy implications of their work. The academic development of social administration was institutionalized in social work training by the first university Social Studies departments. Until recently, many sociologists have been critical of social administration for its lack of theory and for its REFORMIST political position. However, since the 1970s the sociology of social policy and social administration have been more closely integrated following a renewed sociological concern with WELFARE STATES, new theories of social policy and the development of comparative social policy. Some sociologists have suggested that these changes have led to the development of a ‘new social administration’. See also APPLIED SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, RADICAL SOCIAL WORK. |