Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World
- ISBN-10
- 0205828515
- ISBN-13
- 9780205828517
- Series
- Social Work Policy Practice
- Category
- Social justice
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-07
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Author
- Jessica A. Ritter
Description
Demonstrates why policy-making is a critical and exciting dimension of social work practice. Social Work Policy Practice engages students by showing how the mission of social justice and the person-in-environment perspective sets social work apart from other helping professions in the United States. Part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, this text introduces students to social work policy practice in the United States and describes how policies are enacted into law as well as how to engage in policy practice. It includes compelling stories of advocates, activists, and organizations who try to make change in the political and/or legal arenas on behalf of vulnerable populations. The final chapters of the text focus on the economics that surround the policy change process and take a look toward the future. Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Understand the importance of social work policy practice Describe how social work policies are made into law Engage in policy practice Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205223079 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205223077.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2012-09-10
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Prentice Hall
Similar books
-
Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies
By Michael Reisch, Charles D. GarvinIn J. Cox & S. Stromquist (Eds.), Contesting the master narrative: Essays in social history (pp. 19–49). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press. Lauffer, A. (1978). Social planning at the community level. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice ...
-
Case Studies in Special Education: A Social Justice Perspective
By Tera Torres, Catherine R. Barber... Excellence Umansky, I. M., Valentino, R. A., & Reardon, S. F. (2016). The promise of two-language education: A 12-year study compares how English language learners fare in English immersion, bilingual, and dual immersion programs.
-
Stratégies de développement durable: développement, environnement ou justice sociale ?
By Stéphane Leyens, Alexandra de HeeringDeux mouvements ont contribué à l'émergence de l’idée de développement durable. Le premier a trait à la remise en question, dès la fin des années soixante, des politiques occidentales de développement au Sud.
-
A Good Society Is More Than Just a Private Affair
By Hans van Ewijk, Jef van Eijken, Harry StaatsenThat meant no unsolicited interference in their private affairs, and certainly no entering their homes uninvitedly. In 1918, she wrote in the newsletter of the National Housing Council: 'Those who believe do not haste.
-
Just Practice: A Social Justice Approach to Social Work
By Janet L. FinnA Social Justice Approach to Social Work Janet L. Finn ... In R. Adams, L. Dominelli, & M. Payne (Eds.), Social work futures: Crossing boundaries, transforming practices (pp. ... Foundations of interpersonal practice in social work.
-
Thomas More's Utopia: Arguing for Social Justice
By Lawrence WildeOffering a new perspective on this important historical text, this book is essential reading for students and scholars working in radical politics, the history of social thought and literature, as well as anyone interested in learning more ...
-
Career Guidance for Emancipation: Reclaiming Justice for the Multitude
By Tristram Hooley, Ronald Sultana, Rie ThomsenThis edited collection explores ways in which social justice can be integrated into career guidance practice.
-
The Just Practice Framework in Action: Contemporary Case Studies
By Janet L. FinnThe contributors to this volume show how they have brought the Just Practice framework to bear to inform and transform their practice as clinicians, researchers, advocates, organizers, educators, and program directors.
-
ACRE 1991, Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly: Annual Conference of Religious Education May 5, 6, 7, 8 : Keynote...
ACRE 1991, Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly: Annual Conference of Religious Education May 5, 6, 7, 8 : Keynote...
-
How to Think Better about Social Justice: Why Good Sociology Matters
By Bradley Keith CampbellThis is a shame because learning to think sociologically can help us to think better about social justice. Sociology can point us to possibilities for social change, but it also calls attention to our limits.