Social policy and social justice /
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 underst...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
SAGE Publications,
2017.
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| Series: | Social work in the new century.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (518 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781506374574 (ebook) : |