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This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop applied knowledge. The case studies include stories of job training, substance abuse centers, counseling, therapy, child protective services, and services for the poor. The concluding chapters are devoted to topics directly related to social work: economics of poverty, health economics, household economics, the economics of labor, and government failure.
Price: $105.00
Pages: 246
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date:
27 March 2002
ISBN: 9780231116862
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
Michael Lewis is assistant professor of Social Welfare at SUNY-Stony Brook.
Karl Widerquist is a research associate at the Jerome Levy Economics Research Institute of Bard College.
Acknowledgments
1. The Economic Perspective
2. Marginal Analysis
3. Perfect Competition and the Supply and Demand Model
4. Imperfect Competition
5. Market Failure and Government Intervention
6. Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
7. Government Failure
8. The Economics of Labor
9. The Economics of Poverty
10. The Economics of Health Care
11. Economic Demography
Glossary
Notes
Index