What is social justice? What, if any, relationship does it have to social welfare? How do our understandings of social justice and social welfare shape our understanding of social problems? This course will explore these questions and their implications for social work academics through humanities and social science approaches and a history of ideas that have influenced the development of professional social work in the United States. It will also examine social justice, values and some key areas of 21st century social work.

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