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/* 3763L-5, Gilbert, Neil, Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy, 5/e*/ This social welfare policy book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for the analysis of social welfare policy. The book illustrates theoretical points by offering examples from a cross-section of program areas including income maintenance, child welfare, model cities, day care, community action, and mental health. The book also shows how social theories and individual versus collective value orientations influence policies. For social workers, or students studying social welfare policy.
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Resisting the urge to offer prescribed solutions, Gilbert and Terrell (both: University of California, Berkeley) explain the intellectual difficulties involved in making social welfare policy choices. They also explicate the various policy alternatives that exist, placing these in a theoretical framework. Chapters describe the field as a whole, the modern welfare state, the framework for social welfare policy analysis, the basis of social allocations, social provision, the design of the delivery system, the mode of finance, and choices in policy formation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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