"MuNutt and Hoefer's book is a fascinating introductory text for anyone interested in learning about social welfare policy. This book stands out as truly refreshing and engaging, not only because it offers a wonderful forward-looking perspective on the evolution of social welfare policy and its relationship with social policy and public policy more broadly, but also because of its strong emphasis on actually doing policy analysis and advocacy. A must read for aspiring and experienced social workers, nonprofit leaders, and public managers." - Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania "McNutt and Hoefer's social welfare policy text should readily engage our students in learning and appreciating the relevance of policy to the practice of social work. The book grounds analysis of social welfare policy within contemporary forces driving change in the US and the world. It is truly unique among social welfare texts in its systematic integration of content on the information revolution, pressing environmental crises, and globalization across social welfare policy topic areas. The present and future are not afterthoughts in this book." - Pamela C.

Twiss, California University of Pennsylvania.