Social Welfare Policy

John McNutt is Professor in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware.Richard Hoefer is Roy E. Dulak Professor for Community Practice Research in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington

• 1. Welcome to the Future: Your Many Roles as a Social Worker2. Society and Social Welfare in Agrarian and Industrial Societies3. Social Welfare History in Developmental Context4. The Coming of Information Society5. Values, Ideology, and Political Philosophy in Social Welfare Policy6. Policy Analysis: Tools for Building Evidence-Based Social Policy7. Theories of Policymaking8. Advocacy in the Information Age World of Social Policy9. Poverty, Inequality, and Income Maintenance Policy10. Physical and Mental Health Care Policy11. Social Services for Children and Families12. Crime and Violence in an Information Society13. Housing and Community Development14. Aging and Social Policy

"MuNutt and Hoefer's book is a fascinating introductory text for anyone interested in learning about social welfare policy. This book stands out as truly refreshing and engaging, not only because it offers a wonderful forward-looking perspective on the evolution of social welfare policy and its relationship with social policy and public policy more broadly, but also because of its strong emphasis on actually doing policy analysis and advocacy. A must read foraspiring and experienced social workers, nonprofit leaders, and public managers." - Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania"McNutt and Hoefer's social welfare policy text should readily engage our students in learning and appreciating the relevance of policy to the practice of social work. The book grounds analysis of social welfare policy within contemporary forces driving change in the US and the world. It is truly unique among social welfare texts in its systematic integration of content on the information revolution, pressing environmental crises, and globalization acrosssocial welfare policy topic areas. The present and future are not afterthoughts in this book." - Pamela C. Twiss, California University of Pennsylvania