Book Review: Tice, C., & Perkins, K., (2002). The Faces of Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

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dc.contributor.authorPittman, Donna R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T17:29:18Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T17:29:18Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews the social policy text, The Faces of Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective, by Tice and Perkins (2002). The authors introduce their text with the intention of telling history from the experience of marginalized people, particularly African Americans and women. Hoping to spark student interest in social policy by “putting a face” on the people who are being served by social work professionals, they include poetry, art, personal narratives, and the texts of historical documents. Tice and Perkins utilize historical analysis to show how modern social welfare policies are based on beliefs rooted in antiquity. The genesis of social work as a profession at the turn of the twentieth century is explored and social reform and social case work models of ameliorating social needs are compared. The authors discuss the dual nature of social work in light of these two models and assert that the dominance of one over the other has fluctuated over time. The authors take effort to exemplify the dangers of reducing social welfare needs to an individual model and warn that this frequently results in pathologizing and blaming the victim. This text is appropriate for BSW required policy courses or as a supplementary text in BSW diversity or history courses.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5004
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Houston Graduate College of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectDonna R. Pittmanen_US
dc.subjectThe Faces of Social Policy: A Strengths Perspectiveen_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Worken_US
dc.subjectCarolyn J. Ticeen_US
dc.subjectKathleen Perkinsen_US
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.subjectThe Faces of Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Work
dc.subjectTice, Carolyn J.
dc.subjectPerkins, Kathleen
dc.titleBook Review: Tice, C., & Perkins, K., (2002). The Faces of Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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