Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World

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"Social Welfare Policy: A Dynamic Model is a text that makes the link between policy and practice abundantly clear. While giving the reader a brief foundation in history, the primary focus is that the student feel the importance of policies as they relate to clients at all levels of practice. Writing with the mission that the reader understands the policy process and has the theoretical knowledge to assess policies, authors Shannon R. Lane, Corey Shdaimah, and Elizabeth Palley, discuss the impact of policies on key populations based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability, and sexual orientation. Combining description, theoretical analysis, and advocacy, this text challenges students to examine the development, consequences, and future implications of core policies. Students at both the BSW and MSW levels will come away with a newfound understanding of how to use the political…

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