Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs (Social Problems and Social Issues) - Softcover

Ginsberg, Leon H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872499987 ISBN 13: 9780872499980

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Leon Ginsberg chairs the social welfare policy area at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872499987
• ISBN 13: 9780872499980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220