Ira C. Colby & Catherine N. Dulmus 
Social Work and Social Policy [EPUB ebook] 
Advancing the Principles of Economic and Social Justice

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 and ‘what if’
scenarios, and ends with a set of suggested key terms, online
resources, and discussion questions.

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.

Inhoudsopgave

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 Human Security and the Welfare Of Societies

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: Social Justice in a World of Anywhere Access?

Paul R. Raffoul

Over de auteur

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, Ph D, 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, Ph D, 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.