The Policy-Based Profession: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers (2nd Edition)
Popple, Philip R.; Leighninger, Leslie
Language: English
Published by Allyn & Bacon, 2000
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- Title
- The Policy-Based Profession: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers (2nd Edition)
- Author
- Popple, Philip R.; Leighninger, Leslie
- Publisher
- Allyn & Bacon
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0205317391
- ISBN 13
- 9780205317394
This social welfare policy text, written specifically for social work, shows students the crucial connection between social policy and the everyday practice of social work.
The text provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them as they enter the profession. It offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters on historical policy analysis, social/economic analysis, and political analysis.
The text includes chapters on social policy as it affects most of the major areas of social work practice: poverty, aging, mental health, and child welfare. This edition brings students up-to-date on the latest developments in welfare reform, managed care, the campaign to restructure Social Security, and the use of family preservation as an approach to child protection.
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THE POLICY-BASED PROFESSION: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers, Third Edition
Philip R. Popple, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Leslie Leighninger, Arizona State University
“The text is an excellent introduction to the policy making process and provides students with important insight into how to influence the policy making process. I highly recommend the text for undergraduate courses.”
John T. Pardeck, Southwest Missouri State University
This social welfare policy text, written specifically for use within the field of social work, shows students the crucial connection between social policy and the everyday practice of social work. The Third Edition of The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them as they enter a career in social work. This text brings students up-to-date on the latest developments in welfare reform, managed care, the campaign to restructure Social Security, program and policy responses to the problems of substance abuse and the use of family preservation as an approach to child protection.
Highlights of the Third Edition:
- Concluding chapter incorporates a section called “Taking Action,” which introduces students to policy practice skills including program evaluation, advocacy, lobbying, and forming coalitions.
- Examines new and updated policy such as the reauthorization and evaluation of TANF, legislative and public responses to President Bush's proposal to increase federal funding for faith-based charities, the growing dilemma of rising health costs, and specific proposals for dealing with the increasing cost of prescription drugs.
- Includes new discussions of health policy issues related to prescription drug costs and rising health costs in general.
Controversial Issues in Social Policy, Second Edition
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