Foundations of Social Policy

Books
Written By Amanda Barusch

Foundations of Social Policy is Amanda’s foundational textbook on social justice and policy analysis, offering a broad framework for understanding social problems and public policy in the United States.

  • Type – book

  • Publisher – Cengage Learning

  • Publication Date – March 27, 2014

  • Format(s) – ebook, hardback

  • Available at – Amazon

  • Abstract / Synopsis – This textbook grounds social policy in the pursuit of social justice, combining policy analysis with philosophical and practical frameworks. It examines poverty, inequality, discrimination, disability, and other systemic issues while exploring the role of government and emerging policy challenges.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com
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