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| Title: | Canadian Social Policy, 4th Edition
: Issues & Perspectives |
| Author: | Anne Westhues (ed) |
| ISBN: | 0889205043 : 9780889205048 |
| Illustrations: | illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 478 |
| Weight: | .742 Kg. |
| Published: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press - May 2006 |
| List Price: | 22.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Social work: Canada |
The objective of this new edition is the same as that of previous editions: to help students to understand social policy from a Canadian perspective, and to stir them to discussion and debate. Part One provides a general overview of social policy and Part Two discusses the policy-making processes, from the international factors that influence them to the ways in which a social worker can become part of this process. Part Three focuses on current social policy issues, and Part Four offers a look to the future. Each chapter of this best-selling book has been thoroughly updated for this new edition with regard to current policy, debated issues, and resources cited. Three new chapters have been added, including an overview of adult mental health policy and a critical look at risk assessment in child welfare. There is also a discussion of current challenges to the Charter of Rights and Canadians increasing use of the justice system to shape social policy. As a result, the reader gains an informed perspective of policy development and evaluation. Although designed primarily for use by social workers, the book will benefit anyone who is involved in the policy-making process.
Introduction to Part I; Becoming Acquainted with Social Policy; Introduction to Part II; Pursing Social Policy Ideals at the International Level: An NGO Perspective; The Federal Government and Social Policy at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: Reflections on Change and Continuity; Human Rights Legislation, Court Rulings, and Social Policy; Active Citizenship, Social Workers, and Social Policy; Program and Policy Development from a Holistic Aboriginal Perspective; Citizen Participation in Social Policy; Evaluating Social Welfare Policies and Programs; Introduction to Part III; Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State; Back to the Present: Rethinking Risk Assessment in Child Welfare; Native Peoples and Child Welfare Practices: Implicating Social Work Education; Mental Health Policy in Canada; Housing and Homelessness; Single Motherhood in the Canadian Landscape: Postcards from a Subject; Workfare: Ten Years of Pickin' on the Poor; Toward Inclusion Of Gay And Lesbian People: Social Policy Changes in Relation To Sexual Orientation; Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada: Past, Present, and Future; Universal Health Care: Normative Legacies Adrift; Caring and Ageing: Exposing the Policy Issues; Canadians with Disabilities; The Challenges Ahead; Index.
