Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs / Edition 4

by Leon Ginsberg, Julie Miller-Cribbs

Overview

A comprehensive update to the standard text for social work students and practitioners

In this fourth edition of a social work standard, Leon Ginsberg and Julie Miller-Cribbs offer an updated version of the text that has introduced thousands of social work students to the defining policies and procedures of the profession. Concise yet comprehensive, the volume surveys the span of social welfare history, explains the elements of social welfare policy education, and describes the impact of executive, legislative, and judicial initiatives on the delivery of social services.

With this edition, the authors cover all the required content areas for the social welfare policy and service sequence as specified in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards of the Council on Social Work Education's Commission on Accreditation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570035814
Publisher:	University of South Carolina Press
Publication date:	08/31/2005
Series:	Social Problems and Social Issues
Edition description:	fourth edition
Pages:	351
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Leon Ginsberg is a Carolina Distinguished Professor and the former dean of the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. The author of numerous books, he has served as dean of the School of Social Work at West Virginia University and associate professor of social work at the University of Oklahoma. Ginsberg is the past president of what is now the American Public Human Services Association, and has been social policy chair of the Child Welfare League of America and an officer of the National Association of Social Workers.

What People are Saying About This

David P. Fauri

The importance of this book is that there is nothing else quite like it—a text that attempts to lay and define the field of social policy.

Editorial Reviews

This book is an invaluable resource for any faculty member teaching in the broad area of social problems, policies, and programs or in the foundation area of social welfare policy.

Social Work

This book is an invaluable resource for any faculty member teaching in the broad area of social problems, policies, and programs or in the foundation area of social welfare policy.

-- "Social Work"

From the Publisher

Ginsberg (social welfare policy, U. of South Carolina College of Social Work) analyzes the policies used in the US to address social problems and to develop social welfare programs. Previously updated in 1996; this new edition addresses American social welfare policy through the 1990s, particularly changes brought about by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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