Policy-Based Profession, The: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers

by Philip R. Popple, Leslie Leighninger

Help students connect social policy to the everyday practice of social work
The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with their careers in social work. It offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters on historical, economic, and social policy analysis. Students then learn to apply the analysis framework to representative policies and issues in the fields of public welfare, aging, mental health, substance abuse, health, child welfare, and immigration.

Correlated with the most recent Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Competencies, the 7th Edition includes the most recent research, theories, and political developments impacting the field. An entirely new chapter on immigration policy highlights this critical social justice issue, the health chapter delves into recent happenings in health care reform, and the mental health chapter includes material on the opioid epidemic and returning veterans.

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013478426X / 9780134784267 Policy-Based Profession, An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers with Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card Package
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Genres: Textbooks, Social Work, School

368 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Lindsay Allyson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is just awful. Concepts were repeated and I can't honestly tell you what I read. The professor hates this book and is not requiring us to read the book. It's disjointed and awkward.

[Ashley]

Not exactly fun reading, but surprisingly good and readable- considering it's a textbook. Definitely my favorite textbook from last semester.

[Sabra Ann Rasmussen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was by far the most informative book on recent policy.