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Social Policy
Who is responsible for determining the quality of life or for providing solutions?; Who should bear the costs and benefits of societal development?; What justifies government action or inaction?; You'll examine these and other key questions facing American society in this scholarly, in-depth look at social policy and its place in social work and the human services. As you explore the social policy-making process, you'll get a sense of what's really involved in selecting alternative social policy solutions to major societal problems and learn how to assess public social policy. You'll also find chapter-opening quotes from major daily newspapers and other mass media, focusing on current and critical social welfare policy issues, to help you connect theoretical policy concepts with actual social conditions; emphasis on the broader concepts of social policy as an instrument of providing...
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