Social Work and Social Policy : Advancing the Principles of Economic and Social Justice / edited by Ira C. Colby, Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Social welfare policy as a form of social justice / Ira Colby -- Reconceptualizing the evolution of the American welfare state / Bruce Jansson -- Human security and the welfare of societies / Jody Williams -- Social policy from a global perspective / Robin Sakina Mama -- Social justice for marginalized and disadvantaged groups : issues and challenges for social policies in Asia / Joseph Kin Fun Kwok -- Welfare reform : the need for social empathy / Elizabeth A. Segal -- Not by the numbers alone : the effects of economic and demographic changes on social policy / Michael Reisch -- The U.S. Patriot Act : implications for the social work profession / Stan Stojkovic -- Social justice in a world of anywhere access? / Paul R. Raffoul.