Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Demographic Changes and Their Implications - Martha N Ozawa
The Future Economic Landscape - Nancy Rose
The Political Context of Social Work - Michael Reisch
Social Work in International Context - James Midgley
Challenges and Opportunites
Poverty and Postmodernity - Mark J Stern
The Impact and Implications of Multiculturalism - John F Longres
Nonprofit Organizations, Social Policy and Public Welfare - Eleanor L Brilliant
PART TWO: POLICY AND PRACTICE
A. POLICY ISSUES
The Future of Child Welfare - Duncan Lindsey and Julia R Henly
Juvenile Justice - Ira M Schwartz
Back to the Future, or Will We Learn from the Past?
Social Work and the Health Care - Stephen Gorin and Cynthia Moniz
Mental Health Services - Tomi Gomory
Social Work and the Workplace - Lawrence S Root
Family Violence - Bonnie Yegidis
Implications for Social Work Practice
The Financial Gerontology Birthdays of 1995-1996 - Neal E Cutler
Social Security at 60 and the ′Baby′ Boom at 50
Lessons from International Social Work - Nazneen S Mayadas and Doreen Elliott
Policies and Practices
B: PRACTICE ISSUES
Prospects for Prevention - Steven P Schinke
Prospects for Community Organization - Stanley Wenocur and Steven Soifer
A Social-Health Model - Jane Isaacs Lowe
A Paradigm for Social Work in Health Care
Opportunities for Social Workers in the Law - Mary Ann Mason
The Jury Is Out
Occupational Social Work Practice - Beth Lewis
Social Work Practice with Marginalized Populations - Nancy Cook Von Bretzel
Multicultural Community Organizing - Lorraine Gutiérrez
School-Community Collaboratives - Stephanie Hochman
The Missing Links
Recognizing the Role of Religious Congregations and Denominations in Social Work Provision - Ram A Cnaan
Social Workers as Advocates for Elders - Iris Carlton-LaNey
PART THREE: THEORIES, KNOWLEDGE, VALUES AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
A. THEORIES, KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES
Social Work and Psychiatry - Jerome C Wakefield
Toward a Conceptually Based Partnership
Social Work and Philosophy - Tomi Gomory
Social Work Education - Eileen Gambrill
Current Concerns and Possible Futures
Integrating Research and Practice - Bruce A Thyer, Alicia Isaac and Rufus Larkin
Ethical Issues for Social Work Practice - Frederic G Reamer
Ethics and Administrative Practice - Burton Gummer
The Politics of Values and the Value of Politics
B. THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
Social Work and Social Responsibility - James Leiby
The End of Social Work - David Stoesz
The Future of the Social Work Profession - Paula Allen-Meares and Yosikazu DeRoos
International Social Work at the Millennium - Rosemary Sarri
The Profession of Social Work - David M Austin
In the Second Century

About the Author

Michael Reisch is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Fulbright Senior Scholar, he has held faculty and administrative positions at five other major U.S. universities, and has been a visiting professor and lectured widely in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Based on his interdisciplinary educational background in law, history, political and social theory, and social work, he has authored or edited 35 books and monographs, 150 journal articles and book chapters, and over 450 conference papers. His scholarship focuses on such topics as poverty and inequality, welfare and welfare reform, the history and philosophy of social welfare, social justice, social policy, and social work practice, and the impact of economic globalization on social welfare.  His many books include From Charity to Enterprise: The Development of American Social Work in a Market Economy (with Stanley Wenocur); The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States (with Janice Andrews); Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies (with Charles Garvin); Macro Social Work Practice: Working for Change in a Multicultural Society; Social Work Ethics in a Changing Society; and the Routledge International Handbook of Social Justice. He has also co-edited two editions of the Handbook of Community Practice and the 4th edition of his book, Social Policy and Social Justice, will be published in spring 2021. Translations of his scholarship appear in 10 languages. With Dr. Yoosun Park, he is currently working on a book tentatively titled From Americanization to Integration: A Discursive History of Social Work with Immigrants and Immigration.

Dr. Reisch has held leadership positions in national, state, and local advocacy, professional, and social justice organizations with a particular focus on the issues confronting low-income children and families, welfare recipients, immigrants and refugees, and unemployed or homeless persons.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous newspapers and he has been a frequent guest on public interest radio programs. Reisch has directed and consulted on political campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels in four states, and been honored for his work by the Maryland General Assembly, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and numerous nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and universities. In 2013, he received the Social Work Educator of the Year Award from the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.  In 2014, he received both the Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Maryland and the Significant Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Social Work Education. In 2017, Reisch became a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and in 2019, he received the Career Achievement Award from the Association for Community Organization and Social Action.