Social Work for Poverty Alleviation

This book studies poverty issues by using social work theories and methods. It illustrates the values, theories, elements, contents, and processes of anti-poverty social work, summarizes the development of China's anti-poverty policies, and explores the models and methods of anti-poverty social work in China. This book represents the research results of the National Social Science Foundation Project 'Research on Dynamic Monitoring and Effectiveness Evaluation of the Implementation of Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy' (16ZDA022) and China's Ministry of Education's Philosophy and Social Science Development Construction (Incubation) Project Report 'Anti-Poverty Development Report in China' (11JBGP038).

Deping Xiang completed Ph.D. and is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Vice President of China Association for Social Work Education; Member of the Expert Committee of China Social Workers' Professional Level Evaluation; Member of the National Steering Committee for master's degree in Social Work Education, China's Ministry of Education; Chairman of the Anti-Poverty Professional Committee of China Association for Social Work Education; Standing Director of Chinese Sociological Association; Standing Director of China Social Work Academy; Vice Chairman of the Development Sociology Professional Committee of Chinese Sociological Association; Vice Chairman of Women and Gender Professional Committee; Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Society of Sociology; and Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Society of Social Psychology.