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

Published by Pearson (11 June 2021) © 2022

  • Philip R. Popple
  • Leslie Leighninger
  • Robert D. Leighninger
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Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Competing Perspectives on Social Welfare
3. Social Welfare: Basic Concepts
4. Social Work as a Profession
5. Social Work Practice: The Person-in-Environment Perspective
6. Generalist Social Work Practice
7. Responses to Human Diversity
8. Religion and Social Work
9. Poverty: The Central Concept
10. The Nature and Causes of Poverty
11. The Development of Anti-Poverty Programs
12. Child Welfare
13. Crime and Criminal Justice
14. Health Care
15. Mental Health and Developmental Disability
16. Housing, Homelessness, and Community Development
17. Aging

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