Working Under the Safety Net
Policy and Practice with the New American Poor
1st Edition
Published on 22. July 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8039-2700-1 (ISBN)
Description
Working Under the Safety Net focuses on groups most affected by changes in welfare state policy over the last decade -- the homeless, the hungry, the elderly, Black single mothers, the physically disabled and the new unemployed. The authors analyse the policy debate surrounding the needs of each group, synthesize the policy debate and distil the practical and organizational lessons into a new and exciting framework.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2700-1 (9780803927001)
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Steve Burghardt, PhD, is professor of social work at the Hunter College School of Social Work and partner of the Leadership Transformation Group, is a recognized expert on community organizing, democratic leadership, and popular education. He has taught, trained, consulted, and organized with both grass roots community groups and large scale public agencies on new models of practice throughout his career. The author of seven other books and numerous articles, he has won numerous awards for his teaching on community organizing through popular education, political economy of social welfare, and theories of social change.
Content
The Recent Intensification of Poverty
The Homeless
The Hungry
Older Americans
Black, Single-Parent Women
The Physically Disabled
The New Unemployed
From Under the Safety Net to Empowerment
New Organizational and Practice Directions for the Nineties
The Homeless
The Hungry
Older Americans
Black, Single-Parent Women
The Physically Disabled
The New Unemployed
From Under the Safety Net to Empowerment
New Organizational and Practice Directions for the Nineties