This text examines key questions facing American society: Who is responsible for determining the quality of life or for providing solutions? Who should bear the costs and benefits of societal development? What justifies government action or inaction?
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Social Policy in a Global Perspective--Frameworks of Analysis. PART I: APPROACHES TO SOCIAL POLICY. 1. Social Policy as a Field. 2. Social Policy as an Intervention Process: The Practice Component. PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 3. Ideology and Social Justice. 4. Political Power in the Social Policy Context. 5. Economics: The Epicenter of Social Policy. 6. The Welfare State in the Context of Social Economy. 7. Well-Being in the Context of Social Change. Epilogue: Choices are the Challenge.
A textbook for a course in social policy, policy analysis, or the welfare state, for graduate students in social work. Presents a worldwide institutional approach to understanding the ideological, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that influence the formation of public social policy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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