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View article: Exploring Regional Differences In Social Work Pedagogy: Attitudes Toward Poverty
Exploring Regional Differences In Social Work Pedagogy: Attitudes Toward Poverty Open
This study explores regional differences in student learning outcomes from pre and post-test surveys of undergraduate and first year graduate social work students (N = 373) enrolled in a social welfare policy class at six different CSWE ac…
View article: Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 48, No. 3
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 48, No. 3 Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the pace of the digital transition process in which we have been immersed.In a context of generalized lockdown, our organizations have been forced to go digital and many of the activities social workers pe…
View article: Financial Capability as Social Investment
Financial Capability as Social Investment Open
People are increasingly part of a complex landscape of financial transactions, services, and institutions across nearly all realms of everyday life. They face an often confusing array of choices of products, and the consequences of those c…
View article: Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 45 No. 4
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 45 No. 4 Open
This article provides an historical background to the special issue by tracing the evolution of social development, asset building and social investment in different parts of the world.These approaches transcend remedial and service-orient…
View article: Social Investments, Asset Building, and Social Development— The State of the Art: A Special Issue in Honor of James Midgley
Social Investments, Asset Building, and Social Development— The State of the Art: A Special Issue in Honor of James Midgley Open
First Paragraph:\nSocial investment and social development approaches seek to promote human well-being by harmonizing social welfare with economic development (Midgley, 2014). Social development emerged from diverse traditions, including p…
View article: Do We Know What We Think We Know About Payday Loan Borrowers? Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
Do We Know What We Think We Know About Payday Loan Borrowers? Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances Open
The field of social work is becoming increasingly savvy regarding the financial lives of people, but despite seeming conclusive and resolved, knowledge about payday loan borrowing is still nascent. To understand it more thoroughly, this st…
View article: Review of <em>Poverty and Shame: Global Expereinces</em>. Elaine Chase & Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo (Eds.). Reviewed by Mary A. Caplan
Review of <em>Poverty and Shame: Global Expereinces</em>. Elaine Chase & Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo (Eds.). Reviewed by Mary A. Caplan Open
Elaine Chase & Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo (Eds.). Poverty and Shame: Global Experiences. Oxford University Press (2015), 336 pages, $90.00, (hardcover).
View article: Review of <em>Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy</em>. Joseph E. Stiglitz. Reviewed by Mary Caplan
Review of <em>Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy</em>. Joseph E. Stiglitz. Reviewed by Mary Caplan Open
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy. W. W. Norton & Company (2016), 237 pages, $26.95, (hardcover).