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The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy
Joel Blau
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Description for The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy
Paperback. The Fourth Edition of The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy applies its innovative policy model to the latest developments in social welfare including the policies of President Obama. It offers real insight into what drives social policy and social change in the past as well as in the beginnings of a new political era. Num Pages: 560 pages, 61 half-tones and 21 line-cuts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 253 x 21. Weight in Grams: 888.
The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy uses the lens of an innovative policy model and an emphasis on social change to break new ground in social welfare policy texts. Starting from the explicit premise that every kind of social work practice embodies a social policy, the book stresses that policy knowledge enables social workers to help clients as well as to help themselves. Drawing on this awareness, the text then makes the standard social welfare policy material come alive by asking two new questions: 1) what factors trigger social change in these social policies?; and 2) how ... Read more
The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy uses the lens of an innovative policy model and an emphasis on social change to break new ground in social welfare policy texts. Starting from the explicit premise that every kind of social work practice embodies a social policy, the book stresses that policy knowledge enables social workers to help clients as well as to help themselves. Drawing on this awareness, the text then makes the standard social welfare policy material come alive by asking two new questions: 1) what factors trigger social change in these social policies?; and 2) how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199316014
SKU
V9780199316014
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-78
About Joel Blau
Joel Blau, DSW, is Professor of Social Policy at the School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University. Mimi Abramovitz, DSW, is Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy, Hunter College School of Social Work and The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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