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- Encyclopedia of Social WorkCo-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work (2008) contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work.
- Encyclopedia of Social ProblemsOver 600 entries on all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems.
Policy Creation and Evaluation : Understanding Welfare Reform in the United States by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2011This pocket guide will be useful to researchers and students of advanced social policy who seek to understand the two stages of policy-making, to develop policy, or to describe the impact of social policy on social problems.
The Politics of Policy Change by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2012The Politics of Policy Change compares and contrasts recent developments in three major federal policy areas in the United States: welfare, Medicare, and Social Security.
Social Work and Social Policy by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2013With chapters contributed by the foremost social work scholars, this edited text highlights key social policy issues from both a domestic and international perspective.
Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future : the U.S. in Global Context by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2015The authors go beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies-including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice-within a global context.
Poverty in the United States by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2014This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potential, arguing that American poverty persists as economic and political structures have moved into the world of fiscal planning but social welfare remains in its Depression-era structure.
