Social Policy and Social Justice: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society

2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5165-0604-0
Verlag: UNIV READERS

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1152 g

Combining the best features of a standard text with those of an anthology, Social Policy and SocialJustice: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society is built on a clear, conceptual social justice framework and provides up-to-date analyses of contemporary social policy issues, written by experts in their particular areas of research and practice.

The book uses case studies and rigorous analysis to explore the relationship of social policy to economic, social, and culture transformation and the ongoing conflict between universal and population-specific conceptions of social welfare. This updated 2nd edition addresses recent dramatic changes in social policy and the environment that shapes it. These include implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Supreme Court decisions on issues such as voting and reproductive rights, marriage equality, and the limits of executive authority.

Social Policy and Social Justice is ideal for undergraduate and graduate social work courses, as well as classes in cognate fields such as nursing, public policy, and political science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reisch, Michael

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Reisch is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He earned his master's degree in social work at Hunter College, and his Ph.D. in modern European history and the history of ideas at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He has held leadership positions in multicultural national, state, and local advocacy, professional, political, and social change organizations His publications have appeared in journals such as <i>Social Work</i>, <i>Social Service Review</i>, the <i>British Journal of Social Work</i>, and the <i>Journal of Social Work Education</i>. His most recent books are <i>Social Policy and Social Justice: Meeting the Challenge of a Diverse Society</i> and <i>Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies</i> (co-authored with Charles Garvin). In 2014, he received the Significant Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Social Work Education and, in 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.