Download or read book Social Welfare for a Global Era written by James Midgley and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by internationally renowned author and scholar James Midgley, Social Welfare for a Global Era provides a comprehensive framework for examining social welfare from a global perspective. Drawing on a large body of literature and his own extensive knowledge of the field, Dr. Midgley offers students, scholars, and practitioners an up-to-date account of the complex ways social well-being is enhanced in the global era, including the major welfare institutions that provide a cultural context for social welfare policy and practice.