A Rural Tenant Organizing Model: The Case of TUFF-Vermont
Steven Soifer, PhD ABSTRACT. The community organizing literature, in general, and the social work literature, in particular, contain many examples of urban-based community organization practice but little about rurally based community organization practice. By providing a case example of rural-based community organizing practice in Vermont, which combines several different community organizing models, this paper addresses […]
Prospects for Social Work Cooperatives in the 1990s
Steven Soifer, PhDHy Resnick, PhD The 1980s saw major changes in the nature and practice of social work. The Reagan “revolution” substantially changed the face of the welfare state in the United States, as the tenets of laissez-faire capitalism once again became the major guiding force behind the support, funding, implementation, and evaluation of social […]
Prospects for National Health Care in the United States
Steven Soifer, PhDMary Lou Balassone, DSWJaime Johnstone, MSW ABSTRACT. This paper provides an overview of both the current healthcare crisis in the United States and various reform proposals (some based on Canadian and British models) being considered at the federal and state levels. The proposals discussed fall into three categories — multiple-payer national health insurance […]
Research Note—Engaged Scholarship: A Signature ResearchMethodology for Social Work
ABSTRACT. Social work has a rich tradition of engagement. Throughout its history, social work scholars have taken up questions that link knowledge production to its application in practice. Recently, other higher education fields have expressed interest in engagement. Yet, social work scholars have remained relatively silent about what they have to offer this new movement. […]
Paruresis (Shy Bladder Syndrome): A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach
STEVEN SOIFER, PhD, MSWSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA JOSEPH HIMLE, PhD, MSWSchool of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA KATHLEEN WALSH, PhD, MSWMillersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, USA Paruresis is a social anxiety disorder characterized by a fear of being unable to urinate in […]
Mobile Home Park Lot “Rent Control”:A Successful Rural Legislative Campaign
Steven Soifer, PhD ABSTRACT. Successful legislative campaigns, especially those in rural areas, are not often reported in the literature. There are many lessons (to be learned from these campaigns. This case example explores a significant legislative victory by an organization called Tenants United for Fairness-Vermont (TUFF-VT) and applies several different community organizing models in the […]
Paruresis or Shy Bladder Syndrome:The Little Known Social Phobia
Steven Soifer and Richard Ziprin, University of Maryland As many as 20 million men and women (7% of the population) in the United States and Canada suffer from an affliction known to few professionals. Moreover, as many as 1 to 2 million people in these two countries are so debilitated by this ailment that their […]
Limited-Equity Coops-Housing by Carswell
Limited-Equity Cooperatives For more than a hundred years, limited-equity cooperatives (LECs) (also referred to as “shared-equity cooperatives”) have provided an affordable housing option for low- to moderate-income people. Today, ECs are an underutilized tool for housing developers and others who want to deal with the growing economic and housing crisis in the United States and […]
INFUSING CONTENT ABOUT JEWS AND ABOUTANTI-SEMITISM INTO THE CURRICULA
STEVEN SOIFER The social work profession has overlooked the topic of Jews as a cultural-religious minority group and the problem of anti-Semitism. Yet, current accreditation standards mandate that social work programs educate students about the differences among ethnic, racial, and cultural groups. This article traces the history of the Jews and the dynamics of anti-Semitism. […]
JOURNAL OF Community Practice Organizing, Planning, Development & Change
Toward a Hybrid Model for Effective Organizing in Communities of Color Catherine Bradshaw, MSW Steven Soifer, MSW, PhD Lorraine Gutierrez, PhD, ACSW SUMMARY. This paper examines the feminist and Alinsky approaches to community organizing, both of which have had a great impact on the field of organizing. Viewing the two models as flexible and interflowing, […]