Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice
Published on 19. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-118-17700-6 (ISBN)
Description
With chapters authored by teams of established scholars, this edited collection looks at policy practice with specific populations and practice arenas, from domestic and international perspectives. Aligned with social work accreditation standards (EPAS), this book provides a solid foundation in policy analysis and advocacy--key features of policy practice.
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Ira C. Colby | Catherine N. Dulmus | Karen M. Sowers
Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice
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01/2013
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Ira C. Colby | Catherine N. Dulmus | Karen M. Sowers
Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice
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Persons
IRA C. COLBY, DSW, is Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work, University of 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.
Content
Chapter 1 Policy Practice
Rodney A. Ellis
Chapter 2 Social Welfare Policy and Politics
Richard Hoefer
Chapter 3 New Federalism, New Freedom and States' Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States
King Davis and Hyejin Jung
Chapter 4 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice
Enid Opal Cox
Chapter 5 Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis
Stephen French Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy
Chapter 6 Health-Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large?
Pamela J. Miller
Chapter 7 Social Determinants of Health: Twenty-First-Century Social Work Priorities
Gary Rosenberg
Chapter 8 Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World
Sunil Kumar
Chapter 9 Child Welfare Policy
Richard J. Gelles and Carol Wilson Spigner
Chapter 10 Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males
Christopher W. Blackwell and Sophia F. Dziegielewski
Chapter 11 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy
Howard Karger and Peter A. Kindle