Full Description
Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach sharpens students' awareness of social welfare policy and offers a considerable array of resources and knowledge foundations to both understand and thrive within a continually evolving policy landscape. Throughout the text, the authors tell the stories of social workers who impact policy, incorporate frameworks for policy analysis, center social work values and strengths principles, and integrate the series' interactive and downloadable cases to demonstrate policy's relevance and application to practice settings and situations in concrete ways. Students may use the text as an introduction to social policy, a tool for deeper examination of policy topics, and as a lifelong companion for their policy-relevant practice.
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.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
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
