Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice de IC Colby

Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice

IC Colby

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2013

With chapters authored by teams of established scholars, this edited collection looks at policy practice with specific populations and practice arenas, from domestic and international perspectives. Aligned with social work accreditation standards (EPAS), this book provides a solid foundation in policy analysis and advocacy--key features of policy practice.

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Chapter 1 Policy Practice Rodney A. Ellis Chapter 2 Social Welfare Policy and Politics Richard Hoefer Chapter 3 New Federalism, New Freedom and States' Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States King Davis and Hyejin Jung Chapter 4 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice Enid Opal Cox Chapter 5 Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis Stephen French Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy Chapter 6 Health-Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large? Pamela J. Miller Chapter 7 Social Determinants of Health: Twenty-First-Century Social Work Priorities Gary Rosenberg Chapter 8 Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World Sunil Kumar Chapter 9 Child Welfare Policy Richard J. Gelles and Carol Wilson Spigner Chapter 10 Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males Christopher W. Blackwell and Sophia F. Dziegielewski Chapter 11 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy Howard Karger and Peter A. Kindle

Notă biografică

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