The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice - Couverture souple

Figueira-McDonough, Josefina

 
9780761930242: The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0761930248 ISBN 13 : 9780761930242
Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States. By viewing social welfare and social work in light of principles of social justice, author Josefina Figueira-McDonough offers a fresh perspective of their interplay and how this interaction affects policy practice.

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À propos de l?auteur

Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Ph.D., is professor emerita of Social Work and of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. Trained in social work and sociology at the University of Michigan, she has taught in both fields at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Vanderbilt University. She has lectured and/or conducted research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Ireland. Her work on social justice has focused on deviance and control, the ecology of poverty, policy outcomes, community analysis and curricula. This research has been supported by federal, state, and private grants and disseminated in social science as well as in social work journals. She is presently on the board of two international and interdisciplinary journals, Social Intervention and Social Compass, and is a member of the book committee of the National Association of Social Workers. Her most recent books include Community Analysis and Praxis: Toward a Grounded Civil Society (Brunner-Routledge, 2001), Serviço Social: Profissão e Identidade, with A. Negreiros, A. Martins and B. Henriques (Veras Editora, 2000), and Women at the Margins: Neglect, Punishment and Resistance, edited with Rosemary Sarri (Howard Press, 2002).

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Éditeur
SAGE Publications, Inc
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761930248
ISBN 13 
9780761930242
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
437
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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