inSocialWork® is the podcast series of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The purpose of this series is to engage practitioners and researchers in lifelong learning and to promote research to practice and practice to research. inSocialWork® features conversations with prominent social work professionals, interviews with cutting-edge researchers, and information on emerging trends and best practices in the field of social work.
inSocialWork® is a bi-weekly series. New episodes will be released every two weeks. Please subscribe to receive our podcasts automatically, or come back on a regular basis for new content.
Subscribe:
Subscribe directly using your preferred podcasting tool:
Or, copy and paste this URL:
Episode 106 - Dr. Yunju Nam: Asset-Based Policy: A New Direction in Social Welfare Policy
Interviewer: Kelly Patterson, PhD
Monday, October 29, 2012, 9:30:50 AM

In this episode, Dr. Yunju Nam describes her research in Asset-Based Policy, an alternative to our current income maintenance policies that attempt to respond to the needs of social welfare recipients. She describes how this new paradigm addresses the long term needs of persons living in or near poverty. In addition, Dr. Nam discusses the psychological benefit that asset ownership has on a person's hope, motivation, and quality of life.
- Episode 106 - Dr. Yunju Nam
APA (6th ed) citation for this podcast:
Episode 106 - Dr. Yunju Nam: Asset-Based Policy: A New Direction in Social Welfare Policy. (2012, October 29). inSocialWork® Podcast Series. [Audio Podcast] Retrieved from http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=106
DISCLAIMER: The content shared by the presenter(s) and/or interviewer(s) of each podcast is their own and not necessarily representative of any views, research, or practice from the UB School of Social Work or the inSocialWork® podcast series. Any professional biographical information is current as of the publication date of the given podcast. Any changes to a presenter's professional biography after the date of publication are not reflected.
Get all episodes at the series' home page.