Empowerment Series: The Reluctant Welfare State, 9th Edition

Social welfare programs often get blamed for the nation’s budget woes. Is that fair’ Gain insight into our “reluctant” social welfare system from a top scholar on the subject. Bruce Jansson analyzes the evolution of the American welfare state from colonial times to the present-placing social policy in its political, cultural and societal context. Rather than passively reading, you’ll interact with the issues, oppressed populations, ethical choices, social and ideological conflicts, advocates and policies in preceding eras and in the contemporary period. You’ll see how vulnerable populations and social reformers have achieved progressive reforms through policy advocacy. THE RELUCTANT WELFARE STATE also helps you develop the core competencies and practice behaviors outlined in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Empowerment Series: The Reluctant Welfare State: Engaging History to Advance Social Work Practice in Contemporary Society 9th Edition is written by Bruce S. Jansson and published by Cengage Learning.

ISBNs for Empowerment Series: The Reluctant Welfare State are 9798214342436, and the print ISBNs are 9781337565639, 1337565636. Additional ISBNs for this include 9781337565684, 9780357421048, 9781337670739.