IS “SHY BLADDER SYNDROME” A SUBTYPE OF SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER?A SURVEY OF PEOPLE WITH PARURESIS
Bavanisha Vythilingum,” Dan J. Stein,” and Steven Soifer? Pararesis is characterized by the fear of not being able to urinate in public bathrooms and has been classified by some to be a sub-type of social anxiety disorder (social phobia). Despite the existence of an organization, the “Dtentional Paruresis Association(www.paruresis.org),” there is sparse literature on this […]
PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL WORK FACULTY ON DIVERSITY AND SOCIETAL OPPRESSION CONTENT: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY
LORRAINE GUTIERREZ, KAREN FREDRICKSEN, AND STEVE SOIFER This article presents data from a secondary analysis of a 1992 survey of graduate social work faculty to identify their views of the importance of content on diverse populations and types of oppression. The large majority of respondents rated content on several population groups and types of oppression […]
Community Land Trust
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST Since the late 1960s, community land trusts (CLT) have been providing an alternative to low- and moderate-income people for affordable housing across the United States. The concept is relatively simple, but the implications, at least in the long term, could be quite profound. This entry provides an overview of what community land […]
The Campaign to Restore the Disability Assistance and Loan Program in the State of Maryland
Steven Soifer, PhDJeff Singer, MSW ABSTRACT: This paper describes a successful nonviolent social action campaign to restore Maryland’s Disability Assistance and Loan Program (DALP) to low-income citizens with medical disabilities. This case example is important since it shows how protests can successfully achieve results in this era of state and federal attacks on the social […]
Prospects for Community Organization
Stanley Wenocur and Steven Soifer In their comprehensive analysis of the prospects for community organization within social work in the next century, Stanley Wenocur and Steven Soifer of the University of Maryland begin with the observation that “social work may be the only profession in the United States whose Code of Ethics enjoins us to […]
Principles and Practices of Community Economic Development
Steven Soifer Given the complexity of urban life, failure to bring about quick change is to be anticipated. Religion makes failure bearable. Religion helps to sustain involvement in the battle for social change when common sense indicates the need to withdraw. — Monsignor William J. Linder, founder of New Community Corporation, Newark, N.J. If Lam […]
Overcoming the Secret of Shy Bladder in a Group Weekend Workshop
Steven Soifer, Ph.D. MSW Imagine going through life with a secret. You have difficulty urinating in the presence of others, either in public bathrooms or in your own home. This embarrassing secret limits your daily activities. Still, you have hope that you can someday overcome it. I have been working with people who have paruresis […]
Socialism in Burlington, Vermont: Implications for Social Welfare
ABSTRACT: The administration of socialist mayor Bernard Sanders of Burlington, Vermont (1981-1989) has had a major impact on the quality of life in the city. Based on an analysis of the Mayor’s YouthOffice, the Mayor’s Council on the Art, and the Burlington Women’sCouncil, the author concludes thatinnovative and expanded social welfare programming is possible when […]
The Burlington Community Land Trust: A Socialist Approach to Affordable Housing?
STEVEN D. SOIFER“University of Washington ABSTRACT: Shortly after Ronald Reagon’s election In 1980, Bernard Sanders, a iociofiir. became mayor of Burlington,Vermont. The Burfingioii Cominunify Land Tryst (BCLT), one of many policy initiatives under the Sanders administration, is a nonprofit corporation that makes housing affordable for low and moderate-income people.This article gives a brief history of […]