Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future

The U.S. in Global Context

Katherine S. van Wormer, Rosemary J. Link

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781483322421
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies -- including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice -- within a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market and globalization affect all social workers in their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant topics, including immigration by refugees, the impact of new technologies, war trauma, and restorative justice. A sustainability policy analysis model and an ecosystems framework for trauma-informed care are also presented in this timely text.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acknowledgements
• Part I Foundations of Social Welfare Policy
• 1 Social Work and Social Policy A Sustainability Framework
• 2 Historical Foundations of Social Welfare Policy
• 3 Purpose and Structure of Social Welfare Policy
• 4 Environmental Sustainability and the Social Work Profession
• 5 Poverty and Inequality
• 6 Minority Groups and the Impact of Oppression
• Part II Policies to Meet Human Needs
• 7 Child Welfare
• 8 Sustainable Health Care Policies
• 9 Mental Health Care Policy
• 10 Sustainable Policy for Older Adults
• 11 Human Rights
• 12 Sustainability Policy Analysis and Policy Practice
• Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
• Appendix B: Relevant Internet Sites
• Index
• About the Authors
• About the Contributors