A Comprehensive Research on the Stand and Function of Social Welfare Institutions in the Community

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This project aimed to analyze the relationships between the social welfare institutions and the community, inclusive of the insitition-community conflict in its perspective, getting out of the frame of "socialization" theory,and viewing the "multi-functionalization". Our findings are following: (1) Since 1970's, socialization of insititutions prevailed and took a firm hold, both in idea and practice. (2) The limitation of socialization seems to have been revealed in its enlightening" posture of theinstitutions. (3) The newer instituions have experienced more conflicts and confrontations with community residents. (4) Private-founded institutions have better achievements in terms of socialization practice than public-founded ones. (5) Welfare institutions are going forward to expand their own function to meet the needs of the community. (6) Group-homes, being considered to be the most socialized forms of the children's homes, suggest to take two separate directions; "blending" in the commmunity, and constructing the further commitment with the community. (7) Institution-community conflicts are moving from residents' plain rejection to compromise and transaction to meet the residents' needs and demands. (8) It seems to be necessary that we go beyond the socialization of institutions and pursue the multi-functionalization of institutions, as some of them are already on process with trail-blazing efforts.