Help students connect social policy to the everyday practice of social work the policy based profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with their careers in social work it offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis including chapters on historical economic and social policy analysis. Part one social welfare policy and the social work profession 1 the policy based profession 2 defining social welfare policy part two social welfare policy analysis 3 social welfare policy analysis 4 policy analysis from a historical perspective 5 social economic analysis part three the framework applied 6. Popple is co author of three social work texts social work social welfare and american society 8 th ed 2008 with leslie leighninger the policy based profession an introduction to policy analysis for social workers 5 th ed 2011 and child welfare social work an introduction 2007 with francine vecchiolla. V preface for the seventh edition of the policy based profession an introduction to social welfare pol icy analysis for social workers dr robert leighninger editor of the journal of sociology and social welfare has been added as a named author bob has in fact been a shadow author since the very first edition of this book but as his contribution has slowly grown. I social welfare policy and the social work profession 1 the policy based profession 2 defining social welfare policy pt ii social welfare policy analysis 3 social welfare policy analysis 4 policy analysis from a historical perspective 5 social economic analysis pt iii the framework applied 6