Question 1: What do conservatives and liberals have in common ideologically? What divides them?
Question 2: Why have the problems of homelessness and HIV/AIDS receded from public attention and failed to inspire new social policy initiatives over the past 10 years? Which social problems have taken center stage in the national policy agenda?
Question 3: How important were religious beliefs to the origins of the social work profession? Is there any element of moral persuasion in social work education today? How much room is there for dissent from the central precepts of the social work profession?
Question 4: Is the main emphasis in social work education on work with individuals (casework)? How much emphasis is given to community action and social policy change in the social work curriculum?