著者

木原 活信

出版者

一般社団法人 日本社会福祉学会

雑誌

社会福祉学 (ISSN:09110232)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.2, pp.22-55, 1991-10-15 (Released:2018-07-20)

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This Paper is about Addams' influence on the historical process of social casework through the progressive era (1900-14). That era was the time when social reforms were often carried out. So Addams, who was a leader of social reform, was able to be a "champion" among social workers. In contrast Richmond, who insisted on individual help (casework) rather than social one as a unit, disliked this era because Addams and her radical group considered Richmond's casework as useless. This situation caused two results. Firstly, in order to overcome the idea of Addams' social reform, Richmond had to explore an effective method of casework. As a result casework advanced to a scientific approach. Secondly, it is about the concept of social. From the first, Richmond did not have such an idea of social so much. So Addams criticized that point. As a result she gradually came to understand the meanings of social through the criticism from Addams. Consequently casework had become social casework with a scientific method as we know today