TY - BOOK AU - Popple, Philip R. AU - Leighninger, Leslie. TI - Social work, social welfare, and American society SN - 9780205520961 (alk. paper) U1 - 361.973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - Allyn & Bacon/Pearson KW - Public welfare KW - United States KW - Social service N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Competing perspectives on social welfare -- Social welfare : basic c oncepts -- Social work as a profession -- Generalist social work practi ce -- Responses to human diversity -- Religion and social work -- Pover ty : the central concept -- The nature and causes of poverty -- The dev elopment of antipoverty programs -- Child welfare -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health care -- Mental health and developmental disability - - Housing, homelessness, and community development -- Aging -- Developi ng your own perspective on social welfare ER -