Cummins, Linda K. <br/><br/>
Policy practice for social workers :  new strategies for a new era / 
Linda K. Cummins, Katharine V. Byers, Laura Pedrick. 
 - Updated ed. 
 - Boston, MA :  Allyn and Bacon,  c2011. 
 - xvi, 412 p. :  ill ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Defining policy practice in social work -- History of policy practice in social work -- The politics of policy practice -- The forces that move and shape policy -- Ethics in policy practice -- Entering the policy practice arena -- The media and public opinion in policy practice -- The stages of policy making : integrating knowledge and action -- Social problem and policy analysis : an ethic of care approach. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205022441 (alk. paper : student ed.) 0205022448 (alk. paper : student ed.) 9780205022519 (instructor ed.) 0205022510 (instructor ed.) 9780205022809 (a la Carte ed.) 0205022804 (a la Carte ed.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010044673 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service--Government policy--United States.<br/>Social case work--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV95  / .C857 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.6/1