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The Policy-Based Profession: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers -- Enhanced Pearson eText

By:Philip Popple;Leslie Leighninger
Publisher:Pearson Education (US)
eText ISBN:9780134794242
Edition:7
Copyright:2019
Format:Online Resource

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For the social welfare policy course.

Help students connect social policy to the everyday practice of social work

The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with their careers in social work. It offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters on historical, economic and social policy analysis. Students then learn to apply the analysis framework to representative policies and issues in the fields of public welfare, aging, mental health and more.

The 7th Edition is correlated with the most recent Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Competencies. It includes the most recent research, theories and political developments impacting the field.