Social Work in the Era of Devolution : : Toward a Just Practice / / Rosa Perez-Koenig, Barry Rock.
While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic disparity, increasing numbers of Americans lacking health insurance, increased levels of poverty among our youngest and oldest citizens, and an anti-e...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: The Policy Context: Social and Economic Justice in the Era of Devolution
- 1 Actualizing Social Justice Within the Client/Social Worker Relationship
- 2 Welfare Reform: Skills Game or Shill Game?
- 3 The Ramifications of Welfare Reform on Vulnerable Populations
- 4 A Society for all Ages: Older Adults and the Social Contract
- 5 Social Work Under Managed Care: Will We Survive, or Can We Prevail?
- Part II: Context Meets Practice: Public Issues/Private Troubles-Devolving Systems and Their Human and Practice Consequences
- Introduction
- 6 Testing a Therapeutic Model for Empowering Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
- 7 Bereavement Issues to Consider for Latino Children Whose Parents Die of AIDS
- 8 When Children Arrive Later: Helping the Separated and Reunited Immigrant Child
- 9 Immigration and Mental Health: Principles for Successful Social Work Practice
- 10 Palliative Care: Facilitating Decision Making About Death and Dying
- Part III: Call to Action: Strengthening Communities
- Introduction
- Special Preface to Part III-Getting It Together: Interagency Collaboration in an Era of Rationing in the Human Services
- 11 Bottom-Up Planning in a Top-Down World
- 12 The Professional Mandate for the Use of Strategic Collaborations by Lawyers and Social Workers in Child Maltreatment/Intimate Partner Violence Cases
- 13 The Impact of a Changing Funding Environment on Agencies
- 14 Sustaining Strong Communities in a World of Devolution: Empowerment-Based Social Services in Housing Settings
- 15 The Role of Social Work Ethics in Empowering Clients and Communities
- 16 Religious Congregations as Mediators of Devolution: A Study of Parish-Based Services
- 17 Spirituality as Empowerment in Social Work Practice
- 18 Social Work (International): Economics in the Service of Social Issues-Human Development and Solution-Focused Programs
- Index
- Contributing Authors