Canadian Social Welfare, Sixth Edition (6th Edition)

This text is most suitable for Introductory Social Welfare courses in Social Work programs, most likely at the undergraduate level in universities and college programs.

Canadian Social Welfare offers the most comprehensive view available of Canadian social welfare. This contributed text of 31 articles covers all of the key areas of social welfare: programs, policies, philosophy and history. The Sixth edition has been revised to include new chapters on oppression, social service workers, boards of directors, and quality control, in which several societal systems–such as the media–are discussed.