Understanding Social WelfareUnderstanding Social Welfare introduces readers to the issues, historical influences, trends, methods of operation, and unresolved conflicts of American social welfare. This well-organized, comprehensive, and scholarly book is accessible to social workers and helps them acquire the basic tools for understanding, analyzing, and evaluating social welfare policies and programs. The book focuses on the impact of social structure on people's lives, emphasizing the current concerns of a diverse client population, and incorporating the latest social welfare legislation. For those involved with social welfare and policy. |
Contents
SOCIAL VALUES AND SOCIAL WELFARE | 19 |
Work and Religion | 48 |
Speenhamland | 55 |
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