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Social Welfare Policy

for a Sustainable Future
The U.S. in Global Context
Katherine S. van Wormer
University of Northern Iowa

Rosemary J. Link
Simpson College

Paperback: $99.00
Discount Price: $70.00*
ISBN: 978-1-4522-4031-2
March 2015, 448 pages

Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future goes
beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policiesincluding child welfare, social services, health
care, and criminal justicewithin a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market
and globalization affect all social workers in their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant
topics, including the refugee journey, the impact of new technologies, war trauma, global policy
instruments, and restorative justice. A sustainability policy analysis model and an ecosystems framework
for trauma-informed care are also presented in this timely text.
KEY FEATURES:
A unique organizational framework examines current policies through the lens of sustainability.
Thinking Sustainably boxes link chapter content to the theme of sustainability.
Guidelines for sustainable policy analysis for each step draw on a framework that can be used for
program evaluation and class projects.
Boxed readings on social work practice in such countries as South Korea, Ghana, Norway, the UK,
and Nicaragua are included.
Thought-provoking photographs and narratives relate the personal with the political.
Pedagogy includes up-to-date charts, statistical tables, and end-of-chapter critical thinking
questions.
Attention to human rights articles as contained in the UN Declaration is consistent with the 2015
CSWE emphasis on human rights.
An ecosystems framework for trauma-informed care is also presented in the text.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Social Work and Social Policy:
A Sustainability Framework

Chapter 7: Child Welfare

Chapter 8: Sustainable Health Care Policies

Chapter 2: Historical Foundations of Social

Welfare Policy

Chapter 9: Mental Health Care Policy

Chapter 3: Purpose and Structure of Social

Welfare Policy

Chapter 10: Sustainable Policy for Older Adults

by Christina L. Erickson

Chapter 4: Environmental Sustainability

and the Social Work Profession

Chapter 11: Human Rights

Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality by

Suzanne McDevitt

Chapter 12: Sustainability Policy Analysis and

Policy Practice

Chapter 6: Minority Groups and the Impact of

Oppression

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