The reader will find here a gold mine of creative ideas for transforming courses, for working toward partnership and learner-centered models of education that foster critical thinking, and for new and
Quantitative methods have predominated in the testing and development of social work knowledge, but qualitative research that which produces descriptive data based upon spoken or written words and obs
Designed to help build powerful community organizations, empower ordinary citizens to become leaders, and bring about major social and economic change, this book offers a coherent practice-based frame
Aimed at both practitioners and graduate students, this book describes social work practice with a challenging client population: those clients who do not voluntarily seek help from social workers. Th
Historical study of the functions of the relief system in America reveals that its policies are cyclical, expanding in times of civil disorder and contracting once political stability is restored
Discusses important aspects of the development of the welfare state in the Scandinavian countries and Iceland since the mid-1970s. It focuses on societal changes during a period of modest economic gro
Assessment in Social Work Practice confronts the current bureaucratic and fiscal constraints that have inhibited social workers from assessing clients and offers concrete ways of handling a wide array
In the current political climate of the United States, there are no easily apparent solutions to the monumental social problems we face. The Los Angeles riots of 1992 may have been a taste of continui
"The study of government policy and public decision-making has experienced a renaissance in recent years as economists and political scientists have come together to form the new field of collective,
What is the state of the American welfare state? After half a century of growth and development, social welfare programs came under attack during the 1980s, generating widespread uncertainty about the
Bok describes the background, analyzes the process of decision making, and traces the passage of selected landmark decisions of the 1960s. She tracks the changes that have occurred in this legislation
This book challenges the common assumption that policy analysts engage in purely objective technical assessment of policy alternatives. It argues instead that what analysts really do is produce policy
The Peace Corps was established in 1961 during the Kennedy administration, symbolizing a new direction in foreign policymaking for the United States. Founded on large aid programs staffed by volunteer
Internationally known and respected, Oxfam is one of Britain's most successful, and controversial, charities. Published to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary, this book charts Oxfam's rise from a
The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from the writings of David Riesman to Sesame Street. Lagemann's lively history f
Intended for beginning students as was as for practitioners, this volume shows how to make maximum use of the various models available for social group work. Dr. Fatout explores and delineates the “ma
After a chapter analyzing the kinds of issues in which psychology has taken an active role and the propriety and possible consequences of that role, contributions are grouped into three sections on in
