Richard Hoefer

New Horizons for Policy Practice (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides penetrating analysis and up-to-date resources for social workers looking for information on vital issues of social work policy practice. Special emphasis is placed on topics of social justice, the strengths-based perspective and inclusion of marginalized populations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317994916
• Artikelnr.: 58399452

Autorenporträt

Richard Hoefer, is Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington. He specializes in the areas of social policy and program administration, with a particular emphasis on advocacy and program evaluation. Dr. Hoefer is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy Practice (formerly the Social Policy Journal). He is the author of Advocacy Practice for Social Justice, and numerous articles on topics such as advocacy, nonprofit management and program evaluation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Richard Hoefer 2. The Path to Social Justice Goes through
Politics and Economics David Dempsey 3. A Strengths-based Framework for
Social Policy: Barriers and Possibilities Katherine Hill 4. Bridging the
Divide between Community Organizing Efforts and Direct Services in
Traditional Social Service Agencies: Lessons Learned from a Case Study Eli
Bartle and Beth Halaas 5. Technology-based Approaches to Social Work and
Social Justice Judith M. Dunlop and Graham Fawcett 6. The Supreme Court
Shuffle: What It Means for Social Work Sunny Harris Rome and Carloyn I.
Polowy 7. Ex-Prisoners' Reentry: An Emerging Frontier and a Social Work
Challenge Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey Draine, Beverly Frazier and Jill W. Sinha
8. Inclusion in the Policy Process: An Agenda for Participation of the
Marginalized Margaret Lombe and Michael Sherraden 9. Service Learning: The
Road from the Classroom to Community-based Macro Intervention Diane L.
Scott 10. Teaching Students to Become Effective in Policy Practice:
Integrating Social Capital into Social Work Education and Practice Robin L.
Ersing and Diane N. Loeffler