Social Policy: Reform, Research, and Practice

The editors developed this important new text to help social workers understand and cope with the current maelstrom of change in social policy. Although policy makers and advocates on both sides have proposed many different approaches, there are some consistent themes, including devolution and the comingling of public and private funding. The articles in this collection were taken from the 1996 issues of the four primary NASW Press journals. As a group, these articles have been widely praised for the clarity with which they demonstrate the impact of policy on social work practice.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Strong emphasis on community issues
Analysis of current economic, political, and social contexts

Also available:

Social Work Speaks, Eighth Edition: NASW Policy Statements, 2009-20012 - ISBN 0871013843
Foundations of Social Work Practice: A Graduate Text - ISBN 0871013495

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NASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad.

Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.

Some of the areas we publish in include:

-Social work in the field of aging
-Models of social work
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-Ethics in social work
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