Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States: A History by Philip R. Popple, ISBN-13: 978-0190607326
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- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (February 23, 2018)
- Language: English
- 392 pages
- ISBN-10: 0190607327
- ISBN-13: 978-0190607326
The first new social work history to be written in over twenty years, Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States presents a history of the field from the perspective of elites, service providers, and recipients. This book uniquely chronicles and analyzes the development of social work practice theory on two levels: from the top down, looking at the writings, conference presentations, and training course material developed by leaders of the profession; and from the bottom up, looking at case records for evidence of techniques that were actually applied by social workers in the field. Additionally, the author takes a careful and critical look at the development of social work methods, setting it apart from existing histories that generally accept the effectiveness of the field’s work. Addressing CSWE EPAS standards at both the BSW and MSW levels, Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States is ideal both as a primary text for history of social work/social welfare classes and a supplementary text for introduction to social work/social welfare or social welfare policy and services classes.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
1. Old World and Colonial Background 11
2. Social Welfare in the New Nation, 1776– 1865 31
3. America Confronts Poverty, 1776– 1860 55
4. Modern America— Modern Problems: 1860– 1900 81
5. Scientific Charity, 1850– 1900 100
6. Progress in Social Welfare, 1895– 1929 129
7. The Birth of a Profession: 1898– 1930 164
8. Crises: The Great Depression and World War II 198
9. The Depression: A Crisis for the New Profession, 1930– 1945 230
10. America’s Welfare State Experiment: 1945– 1974 259
11. Social Work Practice, 1945– 1974 292
12. Ending Welfare as We Know It 322
13. Social Work in the Conservative 21st Century Welfare State 340
Index 365
Philip R. Popple earned a BS from the University of North Texas, an MSW from Washington University (St. Louis), and a Ph.D from Washington University (St. Louis). Dr. Popple has seven years social work practice experience as a child welfare worker, a program evaluator, child welfare training specialist, and training administrator. He began his academic career in 1976 and has served as an advanced standing program coordinator, a baccalaureate program director at two schools, a school director/chair at two schools, and is currently serving as Baccalaureate Program Director at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as Interim Dean in 2008/2009. Dr. Popple is co-author of three social work texts: Social Work, Social Welfare, and American Society, 9th ed., 2020 (with Leslie Leighninger); The Policy Based Profession, An Introduction to Policy Analysis for Social Workers, 5th ed., 2011; and Child Welfare Social Work: An Introduction, 2007 (with Francine Vecchiolla).
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