Social Work in the Era of Devolution: Toward a Just Practice

by Barry Rock and Rosa Perez-Koenig

While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic disparity, increasing numbers of Americans lacking health insurance, increased levels of poverty among our youngest and oldest citizens, and an anti-entitlement political climate that has eroded assistance to those most in need. In this era of "devolution," the federal government has been increasingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082322080X
• ISBN13: 9780823220809
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"