Social work and the making of social policy / edited by Ute Klammer, Simone Leiber and Sigrid Leitner. - Bristol : Policy Press, 2020. - 256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. - Research in social work . - Research in social work. .

Originally published: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy. Moving beyond existing studies on policy practice, the book employs the policy cycle as a core analytical frame and focuses on the influence of social work(ers) in the problem definition, agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation of social policy.

9781447349167 (pbk.) : �26.99


Social service.
Social policy.
Social service--Case studies.
Society.