American Social Welfare Policy

For courses in Social Welfare Policy. This best-selling text provides a balanced and comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues, including: information on the 2008 presidential election, the economy, the housing bust, the passage of Proposition 8 in California, and much more.

ISBN 0205627080   Pages 544 ISBN13 9780205627080 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Weight (grammes) 1093 Imprint Pearson   Published in Upper Saddle River Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780205534982 Publication date 17 Feb 2009   Height (mm) 254 Library of Congress 2008052665   Width (mm) 203 DEWEY 361.610973   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

Each chapter concludes with "Conclusion," "Discussion Questions," and "Notes." Preface. I. AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY 1. Social Policy and the American Welfare State Definitions of Social Welfare Policy Social Problems and Social Welfare Policy Social Work and Social Policy Values, Ideology, and Social Welfare Policy The Political Economy of American Social Welfare The U.S. Economic Continuum Keynesian Economics Conservative or Free Market Economics Democratic Socialism The U.S. Political Continuum Liberalism and Left-of-Center Movements Classical Conservatives and the Far Right The Welfare Philosophers and the Neoconservative Think Tanks 2. Social Welfare Policy Research: a Framework for Policy Analysis A Proposed Model for Policy Analysis Historical Background of the Policy Problem(s) That Necessitate the Policy Policy Description Policy Analysis Researching and Analyzing Social Policies Social Policy Research and the Internet Journals and Online Research Online Data Collection Ethical Concerns Related to Online Research Involving Human Subjects Finding and Accessing Online Information Citing and Documenting Information Obtained Online Evaluating Reliable and Legitimate Internet Sources Electronic Journals: An Increasingly Popular Venue Online Publishing 3. Religion and Social Welfare Policy (by Howard Jacob Karger and Peter Kindle). Religious Antecedents of Welfare Statism The English Poor Laws Church, State, and Social Welfare in Colonial America The Second Great Awakening The Civil War Era The Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Rise Of Social Work As A Profession Urban Needs During Industrialization Charity Organization Societies Settlement Houses The Social Casework Agency The Progressive Movement Religion and the Post-Industrial Welfare State The Fundamentalist Controversy and Its Aftermath The Great Depression and New Deal Patterns of Religious Change Religion and the New Media Secularization The Reawakening of a Religious Social Conscience and the Great Society The Continuing Decline of Mainline Influence The New Christian Right 4. Discrimination in American Society Discrimination Racism The Minority Middle Class Discrimination against African Americans The "Diswelfare" of African Americans Hispanic Americans The Demography of Hispanic Americans Hispanic Poverty and Income Diversity in the Hispanic Population Native Americans Asian Americans Immigrants and Immigration Women and Society Violence and Sexism The Feminization of Poverty Women and Low-Income Work Women and Work Income and Job Disparities between Men and Women Day Care: A Barrier to Female Employment Women in Uniform Other Obstacles Faced by Working Women Fighting Back: The Equal Rights Amendment and Comparable Worth Abortion and Women's Rights Gays and Lesbians: Two Populations at Risk Violence against Gays and Lesbians Gay Rights Gay and Lesbians in the Military Gay and Lesbian Family Life AIDS and the Gay Community Ageism The Elderly Poor and Social Programs Health Care and the Elderly People with Disabilities Legal Attempts to Remedy Discrimination Affirmative Action 5. Poverty in America Some Theoretical Formulations about Poverty African Americans and Poverty The Culture of Poverty Eugenics and Poverty The Radical School and Poverty Who Make Up the Poor? U.S. Poverty Highlights Measuring Poverty Families and Poverty Child Support Enforcement Children in Poverty Poverty and the Elderly The Urban and Rural Poor Work and Poverty A Profile of the Working Poor Why Are There Working Poor? Underemployment and Unemployment Job Training Programs Dual Labor Markets The Minimum Wage and Poverty Strategies Developed to Combat Poverty IDAs Three Approaches to Combat Poverty The Digital Divide America's Fringe Economy The Unbanked and the Functionally Poor Credit and the Poor The Furniture and Appliance Rental Industry Cash Loans Pawnsho

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