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Colby, Ira C.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Sowers, Karen - Social Welfare Policy - 9781118176993 - V9781118176993
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Social Welfare Policy

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Description for Social Welfare Policy Paperback. With chapters contributed by the foremost social work scholars, this edited text highlights key social policy issues from both a domestic and international perspective. Its opening chapters introduce social welfare policy and its history, laying a framework for the more specialized chapters that follow. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 388.

A comprehensive overview of domestic and global social welfare policy

Written by a team of renowned social policy experts sharing their unique perspectives on global and U.S. social welfare policy issues, Social Work and Social Policy helps social workers consider key issues that face policymakers, elected officials, and agency administrators in order to develop policies that are both fair and just.

Designed as a foundational social welfare policy text, this important book meets the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS).

Encouraging readers' critical thinking on various issues, each chapter begins with an overarching question ... Read more

Recognizing that policy work requires practitioners to be as fully versed as possible with the issue at hand, Social Work and Social Policy thoroughly explores:

  • Social welfare policy as a form of social justice
  • The evolution of the American welfare state
  • Human security and the welfare of societies
  • Social policy from a global perspective
  • Challenges for social policies in Asia
  • Welfare reform and the need for social empathy
  • The U.S. Patriot Act and its implications for the social work profession
  • Human rights and emerging social media

Compelling and broad in scope, Social Work and Social Policy is an indispensable text for students and a valuable resource for practitioners concerned with creating social policy and governmental action guided by justice for all.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118176993
SKU
V9781118176993
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Colby, Ira C.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Sowers, Karen
IRA C. COLBY, DSW, is Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, in Houston, Texas. Dr. Colby has served on, chaired, or held elective positions in a number of national social work associations, including past president of the Council on Social Work Education, and serves on a number of journal editorial boards. CATHERINE N. ... Read more

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