1st Edition

New Horizons for Policy Practice

By Richard Hoefer Copyright 2009
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing and direct practice in social work. Other esteemed academics address topics including how to use... Read more

1. Introduction  Richard Hoefer  2. The Path to Social Justice Goes through Politics and Economics  David Dempsey  3. A Strengths-based Framework for Social Policy: Barriers and Possibilities  Katherine Hill  4. Bridging the Divide between Community Organizing Efforts and Direct Services in Traditional Social Service Agencies: Lessons Learned from a Case Study  Eli Bartle and Beth Halaas  5. Technology-based Approaches to Social Work and Social Justice  Judith M. Dunlop and Graham Fawcett  6. The Supreme Court Shuffle: What It Means for Social Work  Sunny Harris Rome and Carloyn I. Polowy  7. Ex-Prisoners’ Reentry: An Emerging Frontier and a Social Work Challenge  Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey Draine, Beverly Frazier and Jill W. Sinha  8. Inclusion in the Policy Process: An Agenda for Participation of the Marginalized  Margaret Lombe and Michael Sherraden  9. Service Learning: The Road from the Classroom to Community-based Macro Intervention  Diane L. Scott  10. Teaching Students to Become Effective in Policy Practice: Integrating Social Capital into Social Work Education and Practice  Robin L. Ersing and Diane N. Loeffler

Biography

Richard Hoefer, is Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington. He specializes in the areas of social policy and program administration, with a particular emphasis on advocacy and program evaluation. Dr. Hoefer is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy Practice (formerly the Social Policy Journal). He is the author of Advocacy Practice for Social Justice, and numerous articles on topics such as advocacy, nonprofit management and program evaluation.