{"product_id":"comprehensive-handbook-of-social-work-and-social-welfare-social-policy-and-policy-practice-comprehensive-handbook-of-social-work-and-social-welfare-volume-4-9780471769989","title":"Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4: Social Policy and Policy Practice  features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding contribution to social work literature. \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique and practical view of social work. We recommend that all academic libraries adopt this volume. Social work professors need to review it. These volumes will make significant contributions to student learning.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Work Values and Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 2009)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHandbook Preface.  \u003cp\u003eKaren M. Sowers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatherine N. Dulmus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume Prolusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIra C. Colby.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I. Policy And Justice: A Global Imperative.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Human Security Paradigm: Peace with Justice and Equality?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJody Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Social Policy from a Global Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobin Sakina Mama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Social Justice for Marginalized and Disadvantaged Groups: Issues and Challenges for Social Policies in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Kwok.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II. The Context of Policy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Reconceptualizing the Evolution of the American Welfare State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBruce Jansson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Not by the Numbers Alone: The Effects of Economic and Demographic Changes on Social Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Reisch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The U.S. Patriot Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStan Stojkovic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Social Welfare Policy as a Form of Social Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIra C. Colby.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III. Policy Practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Policy Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRodney Ellis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. New Federalism, New Freedom and States Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKing Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Aging in the Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInid Opal Cox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Explanatory Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth DePoy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen French Gilson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Health Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePamela Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Social Determinants of Health: 21st Century Social Work Priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGary Rosenberg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunil Kumar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Child Welfare Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard J. Gelles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol Wilson Spigner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV\/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSophia F. Dziegielewski.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher W. Blackwell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV. Policy Formulation and Possibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Social Welfare Policy and Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Hoefer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoward Karger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter A. Kindle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Digital Technology and Social Policy: Social Justice in a World of Anywhere Access?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Raffoul.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Welfare Reform: The Need for Social Empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth A. Segal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525409120599,"sku":"9780471769989","price":188.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471769989.jpg?v=1731860403","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comprehensive-handbook-of-social-work-and-social-welfare-social-policy-and-policy-practice-comprehensive-handbook-of-social-work-and-social-welfare-volume-4-9780471769989","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}