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“I am enthusiastic about this publication…it is an excellent manuscript–well-conceived, well-written, and the contributors all appear to be very well-qualified.”
–Philip Popple, Western Michigan University
This book will be helpful to you in teaching policy, practice, or introductory social work courses at the BSW or MSW level if you want to:
Generate stimulating discussion and debate among your students on how social work's roles are changing now, and may change further in the future; Expose your students to the thoughts and opinions of many of today's leaders in social work education, in essays specially written for this volume.
The Financial Gerontology Birthdays of 1995–1996: Social Security at 60 and the “Baby” Boom at 50
The Financial Gerontology Birthdays of 1995–1996: Social Security at 60 and the “Baby” Boom at 50
The recent anniversaries of the passage of Social Security and Medicare has prompted numerous reflections on the underlying assumptions of these landmark acts, their survival in the next century, and a cluster of controversial policy issues around them. This essay by Neal Cutler, a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania, asks social workers and gerontologists to examine another central issue: How can we educate future generations about these programs in a climate of increasing uncertainty about the viability of both public and private retirement income systems? Cutler argues ...
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