Social Work in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Social Welfare, Social Issues, and the Profession

Using an accessible writing style, author Morley D. Glicken introduces readers to the noble and exciting profession of Social Work with the hope to motivate student interest in BSW and MSW Programs. This engaging text addresses a number of social issues in America, looks at how the social welfare system attempts to resolve these issues, and considers the many roles assumed by professional social workers within the social welfare system.  

Key Features:

• Offers real world examples: Many interesting case studies illustrate successful social work practices within existing social welfare settings to give students a strong and positive feel for what social workers do. These examples provide insight into the various functions of social workers including those working in the military; serving in local, state, and federal legislatures; and working in the business sector.
• Addresses a variety of social issues: Social problems such as poverty, child abuse, and sexual harassment are examined, as well as topics absent from many other introductory books including social work with victims of terrorism and combat. This book looks at how social welfare organizations provide help and includes chapters on social work specializing in military social work, forensic social work, public welfare, spirituality and social work, industrial social work, child welfare, and clinical practice. 
• Stimulates critical thinking: "You Be the Social Worker" sections challenge students with a specific problem discussed in each chapter encouraging them to figure out how they would handle various real-life situations. Other helpful tools include information boxes with statistics, Internet sources to find additional material, and questions to guide the student in critical thinking and opposing points of view.  

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• Instructor′s Manual: Provides a sample course outline complete with course objectives and bibliography, as well as essay, short answer, and multiple-choice questions covering each chapter of the book.

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Intended Audience: This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students taking Introductory Social Work courses.

Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington and the Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Social Work degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.

In 2010, Praeger Press published his books on workaholism and retirement and another on mature love. In 2009, Praeger Press published his book A Simple Guide to Retirement (with Brian Haas). Elsevier, Inc. published his books Evidence-Based Practice with Troubled Children and Adolescents: A Psychosocial Perspective and, Evidence Based Counseling and Psychotherapy with an Aging Population, also in 2009. In 2008 he published A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. In 2006 he published Life Lessons from Resilient People, published by Sage Publications. He published Working with Troubled Men: A Practitioner’s Guide for Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers in 2005 and Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice in 2004 for Sage Publications. In 2003 he published Violent Young Children, and Understanding and Using the Strengths Perspective for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers. Dr. Glicken published two books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2002: The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime (with Dale Sechrest) and, A Simple Guide to Social Research.

Dr Glicken has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. He has held clinical social work licenses in Alabama and Kansas and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino and Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth: A Research, Treatment, and Training Institute in Prescott, Arizona offering consulting services in counseling, research, and management.

More information about Dr. Glicken may be obtained on his website: www.morleyglicken.com. A listing of all of his books may be found on Amazon.com at:

https://authorcentral.amazon.com/v/1973805540 and he can be contacted by email at: mglicken@msn.com.