SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE AN INTRO

REFLECTING THE LATEST PRACTICES, ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE FIELD, BESTSELLING "SOCIA; WORK AND SOCIL WELFARE AN INTRODUCTION, INTERNATIONAL EDITION" GIVES READERS A BROAD UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM. PART OF THE "BROOKS/COLE EMPOWERMENT SERIES", THE SEVENTH EDITION IS COMPLETELY UP TO DATE AND THOROUGHLY INTEGRATES THE CORE COMPETENCIES AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICE BEHAVIORS OUTLINED IN THE 2008 EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND ACCREDITATION STANDARDS (EPAS) SET BY THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION (CSWE). WITH ITS SIGNATURE SYSTEMS/ECOLOGICAL APPROACH IN UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WELFARE, THE BOOK FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC SOCIAL WELFARE AREAS IN WHICH SOCIAL WORKERS PLAY MAJOR ROLES IN POLICY AND PRACTICE. IT ADOPTS THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY SOCIAL PROBLEMS OCCUR, AND STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, VALUES, FACTORS (ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL) THAT SURROUND THESE ISSUES A