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Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers

Author : Robert Harding
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199026845
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers written by Robert Harding and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers demystifies Canadian social policy for social work students by exploring how social policy shapes and regulates our daily lives. The 16 researchers and practitioners demonstrate that the study of social policy is a crucial dimension in all social work practice. The text's focus on the impact of social policy on social categories and specific social issues helps students understand that social policy is "real," tangible, and a window that illuminates the values and approaches to welfare in Canadian society. Drawing on a critical perspective and media discourse analysis, each chapter incorporates case examples, international comparisons, and case studies on social policy change to engage students in the discussion of social policy fields and issues."--

Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition

Author : Anne Westhues
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554584108
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition written by Anne Westhues and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian Social Policy, Westhues and Wharf argue that service deliverers have discretion in how policies are implemented, and the exercise of this discretion is how citizens experience policy—whether or not it is fair and reasonable. They show the reader how social policy is made and they encourage active citizenship to produce policies that are more socially just. New material includes an examination of the reproduction of systemic racism through the implementation of human rights policy and a comparative analysis of the policy-making process in Quebec and English Canada. The second part of the book discusses policy issues currently under debate in Canada. Included are new chapters that explore parental leave policies and housing as a determinant of health. All chapters contain newly updated statistical data and research and policy analysis. A reworked section on the process of policy-making and the addition of questions for critical reflection enhance the suitability of the book as a core resource in social policy courses. The final chapter explores how front-line workers in the human services can advocate for change in organizational policies that will benefit the people supported.

Social Policy and Practice in Canada

Author : Alvin Finkel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554588863
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Policy and Practice in Canada by : Alvin Finkel

Download or read book Social Policy and Practice in Canada written by Alvin Finkel and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal with (or to ignore) the needs of the ill, the poor, the elderly, and the young. This book is the first synthesis on social policy in Canada to provide a critical perspective on the evolution of social policy in the country. While earlier work has treated each new social program as a major advance, and reacted with shock to neoliberalism’s attack on social programs, Alvin Finkel demonstrates that right-wing and left-wing forces have always battled to shape social policy in Canada. He argues that the notion of a welfare state consensus in the period after 1945 is misleading, and that the social programs developed before the neoliberal counteroffensive were far less radical than they are sometimes depicted. Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History begins by exploring the non-state mechanisms employed by First Nations to insure the well-being of their members. It then deals with the role of the Church in New France and of voluntary organizations in British North America in helping the unfortunate. After examining why voluntary organizations gradually gave way to state-controlled programs, the book assesses the evolution of social policy in Canada in a variety of areas, including health care, treatment of the elderly, child care, housing, and poverty.

Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work

Author : Francis J. Turner
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554588073
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work by : Francis J. Turner

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work written by Francis J. Turner and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of us, as Canadians, are touched throughout our lives by some aspect of social welfare, either as recipients, donors, or taxpayers. But despite the importance of the social network in our country, there has been no single source of information about this critical component of our society. Even professionals in the field of social work or social services have not had a comprehensive volume addressing the myriad features of this critical societal structure. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work fills this need. Over five hundred topics important to Canadian social work are covered, written by a highly diverse group of social workers covering all aspects of the field and all areas of the country. Practitioners, policy makers, academics, social advocates, researchers, students, and administrators present a rich overview of the complexity and diversity of social work and social welfare as it exists in Canada. The principal finding from this project underscores the long-held perception that there is a Canadian model of social work that is unique and stands as a useful model to other countries. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work will be an important source of information, both to Canadians and to interested groups around the world. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work is available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.

Social Welfare in Canada, 4th Edition

Author : Steven Hick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550772814
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Social Welfare in Canada, 4th Edition written by Steven Hick and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ?social safety net? created in Canada after World War II faced serious challenges from the early 1980s onwards. Neoliberal economic policies pursued by successive federal and provincial governments left many groups of people ? especially those in precarious work, women, racialized minorities, older individuals and Indigenous communities ? highly vulnerable and seriously under-protected. Social justice and full equality can come about only if systemic barriers such as these are acknowledged and completely eliminated. About This Edition This edition focuses on the transformative social policies and universal programs that are needed to promote personal and social well-being and ensure full equality of opportunity for all. Social workers at home and abroad are committed to building inclusive communities, promoting participatory democracy, fighting racism, and actively addressing the problems of economic sustainability, and climate change. The social work profession provides an excellent opportunity to join with health care professionals and others to bring about the fundamental changes necessary to ensure full inclusion, equity and social justice, and a safer and prosperous future.

Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy

Author : Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442690801
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy written by Michael J. Prince and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2000-03-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state from its establishment in the 1940s, through its development in the mid 1970s, to the period of deficit crisis and restraint that followed in the late 1970s and 1980s. Taking a historical perspective, the authors grapple with the politics of social policy in the 1990s. Globalization and the concomitant corporate mobility affect government's ability to regulate the distribution of wealth, while the increasing diversity of the population puts increasingly complex demands on an already overstressed system. Yet in the face of these constraints, the system still endures and is far from irrelevant. Some social programs have been dismantled, but the government has organized and maintained others. Greater democratization of welfare programs and social policy agencies could make the system thrive again. Changing Politics provides the much-needed groundwork for students and policy makers while also proposing real solutions for the future.

Universality and Social Policy in Canada

Author : Daniel Béland
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442636491
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Universality and Social Policy in Canada written by Daniel Béland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the modern welfare state. The book argues that while universality is a core value undergirding certain areas of state intervention--most notably health care and education--the contributory principle of social insurance and the selectivity principle of income assistance are also highly significant precepts in practice.

One Hundred Years of Social Work

Author : Therese Jennissen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554582806
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Book Synopsis One Hundred Years of Social Work by : Therese Jennissen

Download or read book One Hundred Years of Social Work written by Therese Jennissen and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Hundred Years of Social Work is the first comprehensive history of social work as a profession in English Canada. Organized chronologically, it provides a critical and compelling look at the internal struggles and debates in the social work profession over the course of a century and investigates the responses of social workers to several important events. A central theme in the book is the long-standing struggle of the professional association (the Canadian Association of Social Workers) and individual social workers to reconcile advancement of professional status with the promotion social action. The book chronicles the early history of the secularization and professionalization of social work and examines social workers roles during both world wars, the Depression, and in the era of postwar reconstruction. It includes sections on civil defence, the Cold War, unionization, social work education, regulation of the profession, and other key developments up to the end of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as personal interviews and secondary literature, the authors provide strong academic evidence of a profession that has endured many important changes and continues to advocate for a just society and a responsive social welfare state. One Hundred Years of Social Work will be of interest to social workers, social work students and educators, social historians, professional associations and anyone interested in understanding the complex nature of people and institutions.

Canadian Social Policy

Author : Anne Westhues
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889205604
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Social Policy written by Anne Westhues and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the major issues confronting social policy-makers today? What theoretical perspectives shape our thinking about the causes of social problems and how we should respond? What can we do to influence decision makers about which policy choice to make? In this completely revised and updated edition of "Canadian Social Policy," a new generation of social policy analysts discusses these important questions. Readers who are interested in discovering the current policy debates, and who want to understand the policy-making process at various levels of government as well as how they can influence the process and assess whether policies are working, will find this book invaluable.

Social Work Practice in Canada

Author : Jackie Stokes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550772692
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Social Work Practice in Canada written by Jackie Stokes and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Differences That Matter

Author : Dan Zuberi
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501711253
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Differences That Matter written by Dan Zuberi and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shines a spotlight on the causes and consequences of working poverty, revealing how the lives of low-wage workers are affected by differences in health care, labor, and social welfare policy in the United States and Canada. Dan Zuberi's conclusions are based on survey data, eighteen months of participant observation fieldwork, and in-depth interviews with seventy-seven hotel employees working in parallel jobs on both sides of the border. Two hotel chains, each with one union and one non-union hotel in Seattle and Vancouver, provide a vivid crossnational comparison because they are similar in so many regards, the one major exception being government policy.Zuberi demonstrates how labor, health, social welfare, and public investment policy affect these hotel workers and their families. His book challenges the myth that globalization necessarily means hospitality jobs must be insecure and pay poverty wages and makes clear the critical role played by government policy in the reduction of poverty and creation of economic equality. Zuberi shows exactly where and how the social policies that distinguish the Canadian welfare state from the U.S. version make a difference in protecting Canadian workers from the hardships that burden low-wage workers in the United States. Differences That Matter, which is filled with first-person accounts, ends with policy recommendations and a call for grassroots community organizing.

Social Welfare in Canada

Author : Steven F. Hick
Publisher : Thompson Educational Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781550771398
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Social Welfare in Canada written by Steven F. Hick and published by Thompson Educational Pub. This book was released on 2002-01-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Welfare in Canada provides an overview of the income security system in Canada, its development, programs, and the major policy debates. It is intended for those seeking an understanding of the many income security programs and policies, how they fit together, and how they work (or fail to work) in practice. This volume on income security is a companion to Social Work in Canada (also by Steve Hick), which focuses on the social services side of the Canadian welfare system. Together, the two books provide a comprehensive survey of the two components of the welfare system, the wide-ranging policy debates taking place over the role that the welfare system should play, and the many challenges facing it today.

Canadian Social Policy

Author : John R. Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780134164984
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Social Policy written by John R. Graham and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian Social Policy: An Introduction examines major social policy considerations in Canada. It is intended for an audience of graduate, senior undergraduate, and senior community college students in social work, and for professionals who want to update their knowledge of current policy contexts. It is also intended to offer insights to students and practitioners of other disciplines, such as anthropology, business administration, Canadian studies, clinical psychology, development studies, divinity, economics, education, geography, history, nursing, occupational therapy, political science, public administration, rehabilitation studies, and sociology. The market leader in policy analysis and social work studies, Canadian Social Policy is a comprehensive text with well-respected authors, a strong framework for analyzing social policies, and a much needed Canadian perspective. It balances concepts such as feminism, postmodernism, and social diversity with examinations of major social policy considerations in Canada and the world.

Wicihitowin

Author : Gord Bruyere (Amawaajibitang)
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1773633163
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Wicihitowin written by Gord Bruyere (Amawaajibitang) and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wícihitowin is the first Canadian social work book written by First Nations, Inuit and Métis authors who are educators at schools of social work across Canada. The book begins by presenting foundational theoretical perspectives that develop an understanding of the history of colonization and theories of decolonization and Indigenist social work. It goes on to explore issues and aspects of social work practice with Indigenous people to assist educators, researchers, students and practitioners to create effective and respectful approaches to social work with diverse populations. Traditional Indigenous knowledge that challenges and transforms the basis of social work with Indigenous and other peoples comprises a third section of the book. Wícihitowin concludes with an eye to the future, which the authors hope will continue to promote the innovations and creativity presented in this groundbreaking work.

Social Workers Affecting Social Policy

Author : Gal, John
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847429734
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Social Workers Affecting Social Policy written by Gal, John and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Workers Affecting Social Policy is the first book to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social-policy formulation processes. At its core, it asks how social workers influence social policy in various national settings. It offers insights into social worker involvement in policy change, the social work discourse, and education in different countries. It will be of interest to social work practitioners, students, educators, and researchers, as well as to social-policy scholars.

Canadian Social Welfare Policy

Author : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773506121
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Social Welfare Policy written by Institute of Public Administration of Canada and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1985 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven experts, representing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, discuss specific reform efforts in a number of social welfare policy areas and identify the jurisdictional fremework of policy-making in Canada's federal system as a factor of significantly affects these efforts.

Case Critical

Author : Ben Carniol
Publisher : Between The Lines
ISBN 13 : 1896357946
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book Case Critical written by Ben Carniol and published by Between The Lines. This book was released on 2005 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic text in social work education, Case Critical opens the door on Canada's social services from the perspective of social workers themselves, and service users or "cases", people whose voices we rarely hear. This completely revised and updated fifth edition includes new interviews and topics of discussion to reinforce Carniol's passionate case for social work as "liberation practice."