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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. In-depth and cutting edge, this book is aligned with social work accreditation standards (EPAS).
List of contents
Chapter 1: Social Welfare Policy as a Form of Social Justice (Ira Colby)
Chapter 2: Reconceptualizing the Evolution of the American Welfare State (Bruce Jansson)
Chapter 3: The Human Security Paradigm: Peace with Justice and Equality? (Jody Williams)
Chapter 4: Social Policy from a Global Perspective (Robin Sakina Mama)
Chapter 5: Social Justice for Marginalized and Disadvantaged Groups: Issues and Challenges for Social Policies in Asia (Joseph Kin Fun Kwok)
Chapter 6: Welfare Reform: The Need for Social Empathy (Elizabeth A. Segal)
Chapter 7: Not by the Numbers Alone: The Effects of Economic and Demographic Changes on Social Policy (Michael Reisch)
Chapter 8: The U.S. Patriot Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession (Stan Stojkovic)
Chapter 9: Digital Technology and Social Policy: Social Justice in a World of Anywhere Access? (Paul. R.Raffoul)
About the author
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. DULMUS, PhD, LCSW, is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, and Research Director at Hillside Family of Agencies in Rochester, New York.
KAREN M. SOWERS, PhD, is Dean and Beaman Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include juvenile justice, sexuality, social work education, child welfare, evidence-based practice, and international social work practice.
Summary
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.
