An Introduction to Human Services: Policy and Practice

by Betty Reid Mandell and Barbara Schram

Book Overview

Known for its engaging writing style and use of many current examples and cases of human service practitioners at work, An Introduction to Human Services is one of the leading texts in the introductory human services market. The text provides complete and up-to-date coverage of social welfare programs and policies, and describes how history, politics, and the economy shape the programs. It compares the U.S. social welfare systems to systems in other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205442145
• ISBN13: 9780205442140
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"