Social Work, Social Welfare, and American Society, 9th edition

Social Work, Social Welfare, and American Society helps you understand and analyze social work and social welfare in American society today. The critical-thinking approach helps you place social work theory and practice into the context of the American political belief system.

The 9th Edition increases its practical focus on social work practice throughout the text and in 2 new chapters. Additional coverage examines the most up-to-date issues in the politics of social welfare, including discussions of the progressive and radical perspective on social welfare, intersectionality, poverty and inequality, restorative justice, the opioid epidemic and more.