Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Set

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of this constantly evolving field, featuring contributions from renowned national and international experts. Organized by major foundational areas within the social work curriculum, each volume includes cutting-edge information related to all aspects of the profession to guide practice and policy decision-making across the field. Social work researchers, educators, practitioners, and students will gain important insight as well as practical resources related to this dynamic profession.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14675222000
• Volumes 1 - 4 edition
• Seitenzahl: 2000
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 300mm x 242mm x 188mm
• Gewicht: 4835g
• ISBN-13: 9780471752226
• ISBN-10: 0471752223
• Artikelnr.: 23160079

Autorenporträt

Karen M. Sowers, Ph.D., is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee, School of Social Work. Catherine N. Dulmus, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research at the University at Buffalo, New York. She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or edited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION I POLICY AND JUSTICE: A GLOBAL IMPERATIVE.
Chapter 1 The Human Security Paradigm: Peace with Justice and Equality? /
Jody Williams
Chapter 2 Social Policy from a Global Perspective / Robin Sakina Mama
Chapter 3 Social Justice for Marginalized and Disadvantaged Groups: Issues
and Challenges for Social Policies in Asia / Joseph Kin Fun Kwok.
SECTION II THE CONTEXT OF POLICY: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW.
Chapter 4 Reconceptualizing the Evolution of the American Welfare State/
Bruce Jansson
Chapter 5 Not by the Numbers Alone: The Effects of Economic and Demographic
Changes on Social Policy / Michael Reisch
Chapter 6 The U.S. Patriot Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession
/ Stan Stojkovic
Chapter 7 Social Welfare Policy as a Form of Social Justice / Ira C. Colby.
SECTION III POLICY TO PRACTICE AND PRACTICE TO POLICY.
Chapter 8 Policy Practice / Rodney A. Ellis
Chapter 9 New Federalism, New Freedom, and States' Rights: The Uncertain
and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United
States / King Davis
Chapter 10 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and
Policy Practice / Enid Opal Cox
Chapter 11 Explanatory Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy
Development and Analysis / Stephen French Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy
Chapter 12 Health-Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large? / Pamela J.
Miller
Chapter 13 Social Determinants of Health: Twenty-First-Century Social Work
Priorities / Gary Rosenberg
Chapter 14 Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World /
Sunil Kumar
Chapter 15 Child Welfare Policy / Richard J. Gelles and Carol Wilson
Spigner
Chapter 16 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.
SECTION IV POLICY FORMULATION AND POSSIBILITIES.
Chapter 17 Social Welfare Policy and Politics / Richard Hoefer
Chapter 18 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a
Global Economy / Howard Karger and Peter A. Kindle
Chapter 19 Digital Technology and Social Policy: Social Justice in a World
of Anywhere Access? / Paul R. Raffoul
Chapter 20 Welfare Reform: The Need for Social Empathy / Elizabeth A. Segal

Rezensionen

"...a vital four-volume handbook that delves into recent trends in the profession and its environment. The writing styles are clear and approachable by both the professional and layperson. This set is a must for any academic or professional social science collection. Although each volume stands on its own and may be purchased separately, the complete set is an asset for both students and practitioners." (American Reference Books Annual, June 2008)