Economics for Social Workers

Name: Economics for Social Workers
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The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services

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This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop applied knowledge. The case studies include stories of job training, substance abuse centres, counselling, therapy, child protection services and services for the poor. The concluding chapters are devoted to topics directly related to social work: economics of poverty, health economics, household economics, the economics of labour and government failure.

Author Biography:

Michael Lewis is assistant professor of Social Welfare at SUNY-Stony Brook. Karl Widerquist is a research associate at the Jerome Levy Economics Research Institute of Bard College.

Release date Australia

March 27th, 2002

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Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

12 figures

Pages

246

Dimensions

157x235x17

ISBN-13

9780231116862

Product ID

7511192

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