Colby / Dulmus / Sowers Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-42096-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Invaluable guidance and advice for creating positive changein social policy
Edited by a team of renowned experts, Connecting SocialWelfare Policy to Fields of Practice features contributionsfrom leaders in this field providing a variety of perspectives ondifferent topics. This visionary guide equips social workers toproactively engage in policy practice to influence specificpolicies.
Designed as a social welfare policy practice text forundergraduate and graduate students in social work programs, thisbook meets the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE)Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS).
Each chapter begins with an overarching question and "what if"scenarios, and ends with a set of suggested key terms, onlineresources, and discussion questions.
Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practiceaddresses specific populations within a wide variety of practicearenas, including:
* Social welfare policy and politics
* Aging in the United States
* Public mental health policy in the United States
* Disability policy development
* Health-care policy
* Urban housing policy
* Child welfare policy
* Redefining the welfare state in a global economy
Global in context, Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fieldsof Practice encourages those in the social work profession tobecome directly engaged with individuals, families, groups, andcommunities in the crafting of impartial public policies formarginalized members of society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Colby, Ira C.

Dulmus, Catherine N.

Sowers, Karen M.

Über Autor(innen)

IRA C. COLBY, DSW, is Dean of the Graduate College ofSocial Work, University of Houston, Texas. Dr. Colby has served on,chaired, or held elective positions in a number of national socialwork associations, including past president of the Council onSocial Work Education, and serves on a number of journal editorialboards.
CATHERINE N. DULMUS, PhD, LCSW, is Professor, AssociateDean for Research, and Director of the Buffalo Center for SocialResearch in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo,SUNY, and Research Director at Hillside Family of Agencies inRochester, New York.
KAREN M. SOWERS, PhD, is Dean and Beaman Professor in theCollege of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Her research interests include juvenile justice, sexuality, socialwork education, child welfare, evidence-based practice, andinternational social work practice.