Techniciens de l'organisation sociale

La réorganisation de l'assistance catholique privée à Montréal (1930-1974)

Amélie Bourbeau

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Année: 2015
• ISBN:
  9780773582637
• Sujet: History
• Sous-sujet: North American History

Early in the Great Depression, English and French business leaders in Montreal presided over the reorganization and rationalization of Catholic charities in their communities with the blessing, but not the active participation, of the Church. Thus started a decades-long transition from religious charity to public welfare, from largely volunteer work to professional social work, from charity provided by alms to private assistance financed by centralized, large-scale campaigns. Focusing on the Fédération des Œuvres de charité canadiennes-françaises and the Federation of Catholic Charities, Amélie Bourbeau analyzes organizational records, newspapers, government reports, and personal papers to provide new insights into the history of Catholic charities in Montreal. Far from experiencing a linear development, Bourbeau argues, both francophone and anglophone federations were sites of experimentation and innovation, but also conflict - between volunteers and professionals, laypeople and clergy, traditional charity and modern assistance, and sometimes between the communities and the federations themselves - as they evolved towards their current affiliation with state-run social work. From the Great Depression through to the Quiet Revolution, citizenship, the role of the state, and the meanings of religion and language were all subjects of dramatic debate and change in Quebec. By looking closely at the history of social assistance, Techniciens de l'organisation sociale provides a new vantage point from which to understand these transformations.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Contents
• Copyright
• Figures et tableaux
• Abréviations
• Remerciements
• Introduction
• 1 - L’émergence et la consolidation de l’assistance non institutionnelle (1911 – 32)
• 2 - Efficacité, rationalité, transparence : la bureaucratie au service de la charité
• 3 - Des « techniciens de l’organisation sociale » : travailleurs sociaux et comptables au cœur de la professionnalisation de l’assistance
• 4 - Une révolution pas si tranquille : l’assistance catholique privée face à l’État (1930 – 73)
• 5 - Les fédérations face à leurs communautés : image publique et nouvelles approches en travail social
• ÉPILOGUE « Il n’y a rien de sacro-saint » : vers Centraide, 1964 – 74
• ANNEXES
• Bibliographie
• Index