{"product_id":"social-policy-and-social-justice-meeting-the-challenges-of-a-diverse-society-9781516534814","title":"Social Policy and Social Justice: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eProviding the breadth of a standard text and the depth of a contributed volume  Social Policy and Social Justice: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society is built on a clear  conceptual social justice framework and provides up-to-date analyses of contemporary social policy issues  written by experts in their particular areas of research and practice.  The book uses case studies and rigorous analysis to explore the relationship of social policy to economic  social  and culture transformation and the ongoing conflict between universal and population-specific conceptions of social welfare. The third edition addresses recent dramatic changes in social policy. It includes an assessment of policies adopted by the Obama administration  policy changes proposed and implemented by the Trump administration and Congress related to the countrys social welfare system  and the effects of the Trump administrations immigration and criminal justice policies on communities of color. The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements  recent changes in the electoral landscape  and timely Supreme Court decisions are also addressed. Additionally  the text considers the future of Social Security and Medicare  employment policies  health and mental health policies  and more.  Social Policy and Social Justice is ideal for undergraduate and graduate social work courses  as well as classes in cognate fields such as nursing  public policy  and political science. Michael Reisch is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland  Baltimore. He earned his masters degree in social work at Hunter College  and his Ph.D. in modern European history and the history of ideas at the State University of New York  Binghamton. He has held leadership positions in multicultural national  state  and local advocacy  professional  political  and social change organizations His publications have appeared in journals such as Social Work  Social Service Review  the British Journal of Social Work  and the Journal of Social Work Education. His most recent books are Macro Social Work Practice: Working for Change in a Multicultural Society  Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts  Challenges  and Strategies (co-authored with Charles Garvin)  The Routledge International Handbook of Social Justice  and The Handbook of Community Practice (2nd edition). In 2014  he received the Significant Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Social Work Education and  in 2016  he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279757828149,"sku":"ByrdShop_1516534816","price":66.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781516534814.jpg?v=1780608955","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/social-policy-and-social-justice-meeting-the-challenges-of-a-diverse-society-9781516534814","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}