Foundations of social policy
Subtitle: social justice, public programs, and the social work profession
By: Amanda Smith Barusch.
Publisher: F.E. Peacock
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Itasca, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Social policy.; United States -- Social policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-432) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I; title: POLICY ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS 1; title: 1 Social Justice and Social Workers 3; title: 2 The Government's Role 24; title: 3 The Social Security Act 44; title: PART II; title: COLLECTIVE RESPONSES TO; title: SOCIAL PROBLEMS 73; title: 4 Poverty and Income Support 76; title: 5 Health Care 122; title: 6 Mental Illness 159; title: PART III; title: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 193; title: 7 Children 196; title: 8 Women 231; title: 9 The Elderly 266; title: 10 Racial and Ethnic Minorities 301; title: 11 Gays and Lesbians 345; title: PART IV; title: POLICY PRACTICE AND; title: THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION 367; title: 12 Policy Practice 369; title: 13 The Future of Social Welfare and Social Work 397; title: REFERENCES 409; title: NAME INDEX 433; title: SUBJECT INDEX 437.