Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Social Policy and Policy Practice

by Sowers, Karen M.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Colby, Ira C.

• ISBN13: 9780471769989
• ISBN10: 0471769983
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-07
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The 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.

Author Biography

Editors-in-Chief, Karen M. Sowers, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the?Buffalo Center?for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York. She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.

Volume Editor, Ira C. Colby, DSW, ACSW, LCSW, Dean and Professor of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Table of Contents

Handbook Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Contributors	p. xix
Policy and Justice: A Global Imperative
The Human Security Paradigm: Peace with Justice and Equality?	p. 3
Social Policy from a Global Perspective	p. 13
Social Justice for Marginalized and Disadvantaged Groups: Issues and Challenges for Social Policies in Asia	p. 21
The Context of Policy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Reconceptualizing the Evolution of the American Welfare State	p. 45
Not by the Numbers Alone: The Effects of Economic and Demographic Changes on Social Policy	p. 81
The U.S. Patriot Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession	p. 103
Social Welfare Policy as a Form of Social Justice	p. 113
Policy to Practice and Practice to Policy
Policy Practice	p. 129
New Federalism, New Freedom, and States' Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States	p. 145
Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice	p. 177
Explanatory Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis	p. 203
Health-Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large?	p. 219
Social Determinants of Health: Twenty-First-Century Social Work Priorities	p. 237
Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World	p. 249
Child Welfare Policy	p. 295
Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males	p. 319
Policy Formulation and Possibilities
Social Welfare Policy and Politics	p. 331
Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy	p. 343
Digital Technology and Social Policy: Social Justice in a World of Anywhere Access?	p. 363
Welfare Reform: The Need for Social Empathy	p. 371
Author Index	p. 385
Subject Index	p. 395
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