Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach
610Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach
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Overview
Now in its sixth edition, the textbook is fully updated to reflect substantial changes in policy arenas such as health care, family economic support, immigration and asylum, criminal justice, housing, reproductive rights, substance use disorder, mental health treatment, and childcare, as well as the implications of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
With additional support and extensions available at www.routledgesw.com, Social Policy for Effective Practice makes policy relevant, accessible, and meaningful for social work students and is a perfect complement to undergraduate and graduate courses on social policy and practice.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781032226385 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 03/31/2023 |
Series: | New Directions in Social Work |
Edition description: | 6th ed. |
Pages: | 610 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Melinda Lewis is Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas and Associate Director of the School’s Center for Community Engagement and Collaboration. The instructors’ materials for this text were informed by her teaching of foundation and advanced-level master's in social work social policy and policy practice courses, and she also has years of experiencing advising students and field agencies on policy analysis and policy practice. Before joining the university faculty, she spent more than a decade consulting to nonprofit organizations in fields such as safety-net health care, violence prevention, community economic development, immigrant rights, child welfare, and early childhood education. From 2012 to 2018, she was the Assistant Director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion, based at the University of Michigan. She co-authored three books examining various aspects of the relationship between wealth inequality and children’s educational outcomes.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgements
- Social Work and Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective
- The Historical Context: Basic Concepts and Early Influences
- The Historical Context: Development of Our Current Welfare System
- The Economic and Political Contexts
- Basic Tools for Researching Need and Analyzing Social Policy
- Social Policy Development
- Civil Rights
- Income- and Asset-Based Social Policies and Programs
- Policies and Programs for Children and Families
- Health and Mental Health Policies and Programs
- Policies and Programs for Older Adults
- The Future
References
Glossary
Index