Challenge Exam Reading for Fall, 2005
I.
SOCIAL WORK 700
History and Philosophy of Social Welfare
Abramovitz, Mimi. (2000). Under attack, fighting back: Women and welfare in the United States (2nd
Ed.). New York: Monthly Review Press.
Abramovitz, Mimi. (1996). Regulating the lives of women: Social welfare policy from colonial times
to the present (2nd Ed.). Boston, MA: South End Press.
Axinn, June & Stern, Mark J. (2001). Social welfare: A history of the American response. Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Gilbert, Neil & Specht, Harry. (1976). The emergence of social welfare and social work. Itasca, IL:
F.E. Peacock.
Jansson, Bruce S. (2001). The reluctant welfare state (4th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Katz, Michael B. (1996). In the shadow of the poorhouse: A social history of welfare in America.
(Rev. Ed.). New York: Basic Books.
Leiby, James. (1978). A history of social welfare and social work in the United States. New York:
Columbia University Press.
Trattner, Walter. (1999). From poor laws to welfare state: A history of social welfare in America (6th
Ed.). New York: Free Press.
Van Wormer, Katherine. (1997). Social welfare: A world view. Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall
Publishers.
2.
SOCIAL WORK 710
Human Behavior and Social Environment
Albert Roberts & Gilbert Greene, Social Workers’ Desk Reference. Oxford University Press: 2002
Charles Zastrow & Karen Kirst-Ashman, Understanding Human Behavior & the Social Environment,
Brooks-Cole: 2004
Magaly Queralt, The Social Environment and Human Behavior: A Diversity Perspective, 1996
3.
SOCIAL WORK 730
David Derezotes
David Gil
Lorraine Guiterrez
Karen K.Kirst-Ashman
Barry Locke
Dominique Moyse Steinberg
Miley, O’Melia, & Dubios
Dennis Saleeby
Patricia Minuchin
Jacquline Mondros
Julia Wise
Social Work Practice I
Advanced Generalist Social Work Practice(2000)
Confronting Injustice and Oppression(1998)
Empowering Women of Color(1999)
Understanding Generalist Practice(3rd Edition, 2002)
Generalist Social Work Practice – Context, Story and Partnerships(2003)
The Mutual-aid Approach to Working with Groups(2nd Edition, 2004)
Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach (2002)
The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice(2002)
Working with Families of the Poor(1998)
Organizing for Power and Empowerment(1994)
Empowerment Practice with Families in Distress(2005)