Engaging Social Welfare
An Introduction to Policy Analysis
Published on 24. March 2014
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Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-205-73067-4 (ISBN)
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Examines how social workers can influence policy through practice.
Engaging Social Welfare: An Introduction to Policy Analysis explains the clash between political and economic forces that shape social welfare policy and how social workers can influence policy through their practice. Students will learn how social workers can impact policy in ways that may not feel like policy making, such as reducing the impact of law on their clients, or figuring out a more efficient and effective way to deliver a service. This title provides readers with the knowledge and set of competencies needed to translate the phrase policy practice into meaningful action and the understanding that every social worker is a policymaker.
Connecting Core Competencies Series - This title is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, designed to guide students in becoming skilled at the Council on Social Work's core competencies. Each chapter reflects and integrates the latest CSWE competency standards (EPAS). End-of-chapter assessment reinforces this integration.
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Examines how social workers can influence policy through practice.
Engaging Social Welfare: An Introduction to Policy Analysis explains the clash between political and economic forces that shape social welfare policy and how social workers can influence policy through their practice. Students will learn how social workers can impact policy in ways that may not feel like policy making, such as reducing the impact of law on their clients, or figuring out a more efficient and effective way to deliver a service. This title provides readers with the knowledge and set of competencies needed to translate the phrase policy practice into meaningful action and the understanding that every social worker is a policymaker.
Connecting Core Competencies Series - This title is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, designed to guide students in becoming skilled at the Council on Social Work's core competencies. Each chapter reflects and integrates the latest CSWE competency standards (EPAS). End-of-chapter assessment reinforces this integration.
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Engaging. The new interactive, multimedia learning features were developed by the authors and other subject-matter experts to deepen and enrich the learning experience.
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More details
Person
Mark J. Stern is Kenneth L. M. Pray Professor of Social Welfare and History and Co-Director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. An historian by training, Stern has taught social welfare policy since 1980. His scholarship covers United States social history, social welfare policy, and the impact of the arts and culture on urban neighborhoods. He is co-author of One Nation Divisible: What America Was and What It Is Becoming (Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2006), which examines the history of social inequality during the 20th century. Stern is co-founder and Principal Investigator of the Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP), a policy research group at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy & Practice. SIAP conducts research on the role of arts and culture in American cities, with a particular interest in strategies for arts-based revitalization.
Content
In This Section:
I) Brief Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Table of Contents
PART I: A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY ANALYSIS?
Chapter 1. An Approach to Policy Practice
Chapter 2. Politics and Economics: The Institutional Structure
of Social Welfare
Chapter 3. Historical Influences: Ideology and Institutions
Chapter 4. Poverty and Inequality
PART II: ADDRESING HUMAN NEEDS?
Chapter 5. Food and Nutrition
Chapter 6. Housing and Community Development
Chapter 7. Physical and Behavioral Health
Chapter 8. Employment, Public Assistance, and Job Training
PART III: ADDRESING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 9. The Challenge of Social Justice
Chapter 10. Providing Income and Services to Older Americans
Chapter 11. The Next Generation: Education and Child Welfare
PART IV: ENGAGING SOCIAL WELFARE : OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POLICY PRACTICE?
Chapter 12. Social Workers' Role in Social Welfare Policy
II) Detailed Table of Contents
PART I: A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY ANALYSIS?
Chapter 1. An Approach to Policy Practice
Policy is Practice
The Policy-in-Environment Model
What is Social Welfare Policy?
Conclusion: Social Insurance and Public Assistance
Chapter 2. Politics and Economics: The Institutional Structure
of Social Welfare
Introduction
The American Social Welfare System in Global Perspective
Esping-Andersen: Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
The Institutional Structure of the Economy
The Institutional Structure of Politics
Federalism and Public Policy
Litigating Public Policy: The Courts
Federal Government and the States: Changing Relationships
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Historical Influences: Ideology and Institutions
Introduction
The Year I: Why History Always Matters
Four Eras of American Social Welfare
Paths Taken and Not Taken
Conclusion: A New Generation of "Young Turks"
Chapter 4. Poverty and Inequality
Introduction: The Two Uses of Poverty
Types of Inequality and Democratic Values
Theories of Distributive Justice
Inequality's Challenge to Social Work Values and Ethics
Trends in Poverty and Income Inequality
Explaining Persistent Poverty
Conclusion: Reconnecting the Conversations of Inequality and Poverty
Policy Practice: The Financial Victimization of the Poor
PART II: ADDRESING HUMAN NEEDS?
Chapter 5. Food and Nutrition
Introduction
How Americans Obtain Their Food
Public Policy and the Food Chain: Agricultural Subsidies and Public Regulation
Food Insecurity
Ecological Approaches to Food Insecurity: Food Deserts
Targeted Approaches to Food
Community-Based and Alternative Approaches to Food and Nutrition
Policy Practice: Using Universal Feeding to Reduce Red Tape and Increase Access
Chapter 6. Housing and Community Development
Introduction
Housing
Community Development
Immigrants and the Economic Revitalization of American Cities
Chapter 7. Physical and Behavioral Health
Introduction
How Americans Get and Pay for Health Care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Future of Health Care
Medicare
Medicaid
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Looking to the Future: Reform or Revolution?
Veterans Health Care System
Mental Health
Chapter 8. Employment, Public Assistance, and Job Training
Introduction
The New Landscape of Work and Family
Unemployment Compensation
Public Assistance
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
The Training Conundrum
Conclusion
Policy Practice: Discretion and Sanctioning
PART III: ADDRESING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 9. The Challenge of Social Justice
Introduction
Mass Imprisonment
Gender and Violence
Civil protection orders
Changes in arrest policy
Prosecution
Disability and Dependence
Marriage Equality: The Last Discrimination?
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Providing Income and Services to Older Americans
Introduction
The Status of Older Americans before the 1970s
Income Supports for Older Americans
Older Americans Act
Policy Practice: Women's Unpaid Labor
Chapter 11. The Next Generation: Education and Child Welfare
Introduction
Two Perspectives on Children's Policy
How Americans Raise Their Children
The Risks of Childhood
Policy Responses to the Problems of Children and Youth
The Future of Child Welfare
PART IV: ENGAGING SOCIAL WELFARE : OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POLICY PRACTICE?
Chapter 12. Social Workers' Role in Social Welfare Policy
Introduction
Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Competencies
Types of Policy Engagement
Policy Practice Opportunities
Conclusion: The Next Social Welfare System
I) Brief Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Table of Contents
PART I: A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY ANALYSIS?
Chapter 1. An Approach to Policy Practice
Chapter 2. Politics and Economics: The Institutional Structure
of Social Welfare
Chapter 3. Historical Influences: Ideology and Institutions
Chapter 4. Poverty and Inequality
PART II: ADDRESING HUMAN NEEDS?
Chapter 5. Food and Nutrition
Chapter 6. Housing and Community Development
Chapter 7. Physical and Behavioral Health
Chapter 8. Employment, Public Assistance, and Job Training
PART III: ADDRESING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 9. The Challenge of Social Justice
Chapter 10. Providing Income and Services to Older Americans
Chapter 11. The Next Generation: Education and Child Welfare
PART IV: ENGAGING SOCIAL WELFARE : OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POLICY PRACTICE?
Chapter 12. Social Workers' Role in Social Welfare Policy
II) Detailed Table of Contents
PART I: A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY ANALYSIS?
Chapter 1. An Approach to Policy Practice
Policy is Practice
The Policy-in-Environment Model
What is Social Welfare Policy?
Conclusion: Social Insurance and Public Assistance
Chapter 2. Politics and Economics: The Institutional Structure
of Social Welfare
Introduction
The American Social Welfare System in Global Perspective
Esping-Andersen: Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
The Institutional Structure of the Economy
The Institutional Structure of Politics
Federalism and Public Policy
Litigating Public Policy: The Courts
Federal Government and the States: Changing Relationships
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Historical Influences: Ideology and Institutions
Introduction
The Year I: Why History Always Matters
Four Eras of American Social Welfare
Paths Taken and Not Taken
Conclusion: A New Generation of "Young Turks"
Chapter 4. Poverty and Inequality
Introduction: The Two Uses of Poverty
Types of Inequality and Democratic Values
Theories of Distributive Justice
Inequality's Challenge to Social Work Values and Ethics
Trends in Poverty and Income Inequality
Explaining Persistent Poverty
Conclusion: Reconnecting the Conversations of Inequality and Poverty
Policy Practice: The Financial Victimization of the Poor
PART II: ADDRESING HUMAN NEEDS?
Chapter 5. Food and Nutrition
Introduction
How Americans Obtain Their Food
Public Policy and the Food Chain: Agricultural Subsidies and Public Regulation
Food Insecurity
Ecological Approaches to Food Insecurity: Food Deserts
Targeted Approaches to Food
Community-Based and Alternative Approaches to Food and Nutrition
Policy Practice: Using Universal Feeding to Reduce Red Tape and Increase Access
Chapter 6. Housing and Community Development
Introduction
Housing
Community Development
Immigrants and the Economic Revitalization of American Cities
Chapter 7. Physical and Behavioral Health
Introduction
How Americans Get and Pay for Health Care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Future of Health Care
Medicare
Medicaid
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Looking to the Future: Reform or Revolution?
Veterans Health Care System
Mental Health
Chapter 8. Employment, Public Assistance, and Job Training
Introduction
The New Landscape of Work and Family
Unemployment Compensation
Public Assistance
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
The Training Conundrum
Conclusion
Policy Practice: Discretion and Sanctioning
PART III: ADDRESING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 9. The Challenge of Social Justice
Introduction
Mass Imprisonment
Gender and Violence
Civil protection orders
Changes in arrest policy
Prosecution
Disability and Dependence
Marriage Equality: The Last Discrimination?
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Providing Income and Services to Older Americans
Introduction
The Status of Older Americans before the 1970s
Income Supports for Older Americans
Older Americans Act
Policy Practice: Women's Unpaid Labor
Chapter 11. The Next Generation: Education and Child Welfare
Introduction
Two Perspectives on Children's Policy
How Americans Raise Their Children
The Risks of Childhood
Policy Responses to the Problems of Children and Youth
The Future of Child Welfare
PART IV: ENGAGING SOCIAL WELFARE : OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POLICY PRACTICE?
Chapter 12. Social Workers' Role in Social Welfare Policy
Introduction
Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Competencies
Types of Policy Engagement
Policy Practice Opportunities
Conclusion: The Next Social Welfare System