Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States is a graceful and knowledgeable rendering of social context, societal responses to emergent problems, pre-social work activities that address social and economic issues, proto-social work formulations, and social works growth as a profession that is intimately linked with the social welfare systems evolution and devolution. The book is a pleasure to read.
Philip Popple is Professor and BSW Program Director at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. He holds the Ph.D. and MSW degrees from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He has professional experience as a child welfare worker and training specialist, and as a public social service administrator.