Understanding social problems, policies, and programs
By: by Leon Ginsberg.
Series: Social problems and social issues; Social problems and social issues (Columbia, S.C.)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Public welfare administration -- United States.; Social problems -- United States.; United States -- Social policy.
Description: Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs offers a comprehensive analysis of policies used in the United States to address social problems and to develop social programs. Leon Ginsberg, a respected authority in the field of social work policy, provides a framework for understanding some of the most controversial issues facing the nation, including welfare assistance, food stamps, and health care reform.

In this timely volume, he defines the components of social welfare policy and illuminates the complex issues encountered by helping professionals.

Intended for practitioners, educators, administrators, and students, Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs focuses on the history and analysis of social welfare policies as well as the political process of policymaking. Ginsberg describes social problems as their inevitable result of people living together in complex societies, and he traces society's desire to help its most vulnerable members - the children, the elderly, the homeless, and the poor.

By explaining how policies and programs are developed, Ginsberg offers insight into the ways that individuals and groups might initiate, modify, and implement improved programs for the disadvantaged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.