Integrating Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Practice / Edition 1

by Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich, Peter J. Carnevale

Overview

Using interesting case studies and avoiding cumbersome policy "lingo," Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich presents a truly different policy book: one that looks at social welfare policy through the eyes of the social work practitioner. By integrating policy and practice, the author shows how policy is an important part of social work practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780534174309
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	09/29/1993
Series:	Counseling Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.24(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Table of Contents

1. The Social Work Practitioner and Social Welfare Policy. 2. Implementing Social Welfare Policy: The Internal Environment of the Social Service Agency. 3. The External Environment of Social Service Agencies. 4. The Current Social Welfare System: A Patchwork of Programs. 5. Developing Social Welfare Policy: A Political Process. 6. The Policy-Making Process: The Problem-Solving Approach. 7. Policy Evaluation, Research, and Analysis. 8. The Practitioner's Role in Influencing Public Policy Change. 9. The Practitioner's Role in Changing Agency-Level Policy.

Editorial Reviews

Examines social welfare policy through the eyes of the social work practitioner, not the political scientist or economist, showing how policy affects day-to-day reality and why its impact must be acknowledged. A text for a social welfare policy course or an advanced practice course. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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