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Social policy and social justice / editor, Michael Reisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sage knowledge.
- Social work in the new century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Social service--United States.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (518 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2017.
- Summary:
- Social Policy and Social Justice </em></strong>provides today's students and tomorrow's practitioners with a comprehensive overview of U.S. social policy and the policymaking process. Author and editor Michael Reisch brings together experts in the field to help students understand these policies and prepare them for the emerging realities that will shape practice in the 21st century. This text explores the critical contextual components of social policy--including history, ideology, political-economy, and culture--and demonstrates major substantive areas of policy such as income maintenance and health/mental health.
- Contents:
- Part I. The context of social policy
- Part II. Policy practice
- Part III. Key areas of social policy.
- Notes:
- Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on MARC record for print Version.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781506374574 (ebook) :
- OCLC:
- 1017723788
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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