- ISBN: 9780205848973 | 0205848974
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- Copyright: 1/25/2013
Current social welfare policy in the United States.
Taking a policy analysis framework, American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach, 7/e is the most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on the American welfare policy. The text provides a critical in-depth look at the major programs that make up the U.S. welfare state, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and TANF.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:
- Understand the social, political, and economic forces that shape social welfare policy.
- Analyze the major programs that make up the U.S. welfare state.
- Discuss basic social welfare concepts.
Howard Karger is Professor and Head of School, The University of Queensland. Howard was formerly Professor at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, and for seven years headed their doctoral program. He has been on the faculties of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Louisiana State University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Prof. Karger is an internationally recognized scholar in social welfare policy, and has authored or co-authored 10 books and more than 80 articles and book chapters. His articles have appeared in major social work and social policy journals in the U.S. and abroad. Howard sits on the editorial boards of six journals.
Among his other books are Shortchanged: Life and Debt in the Fringe Economy (Berrett-Koehler, 2005), which won the 2006 Independent Publishers Award in Economics/Finance/ Investment.
Prof. Karger is a two-time Senior Fulbright Scholar, having done postings at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1989) and the University of Zimbabwe (1994).
David Stoesz is Professor of Social Work at Mississippi Valley State University.
In this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE: AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
Chapter 1: Social Policy and the American Welfare State
Chapter 2: Social Welfare Policy Research: A Framework for Policy Analysis
Chapter 3: Religion and Social Welfare Policy
Chapter 4: Discrimination in American Society
Chapter 5: Poverty in America
PART TWO: THE VOLUNTARY AND FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SECTORS
Chapter 6: The Voluntary Sector Today
Chapter 7: Privatization and Human Service Corporations
PART THREE: THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR
CHAPTER 8: The Making of Governmental Policy
CHAPTER 9: Tax Policy and Income Distribution
CHAPTER 10: Social Insurance Programs
CHAPTER 11: Public Assistance Programs
CHAPTER 12: The American Health Care System 2
CHAPTER 13: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy
CHAPTER 14: Criminal Justice
CHAPTER 15: Child Welfare Policy
CHAPTER 16: Housing Policies
CHAPTER 17: The Politics of Food Policy and Rural Life
PART FOUR: THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE IN PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 18: The American Welfare State in International Perspective
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE: AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
Chapter 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
The U.S. Political Continuum
The Welfare Philosophers and the
Neoconservative Think Tanks
Chapter 2: Social Welfare Policy Research: A Framework for Policy Analysis
A Proposed Model for Policy Analysis
Historical Background of the Policy
Researching and Analyzing a Social Policy Assignment
Social Policy Research and the Internet
Chapter 3: Religion and Social Welfare Policy
Religious Antecedents of Welfare Statism
The Rise of Social Work as a Profession
The Rise of Social Work as a Profession
Chapter 4: Discrimination in American Society
Discrimination
Racism
The Minority Middle Class
African Americans
Hispanic Americans
Asian Americans
Immigrants and Immigration
Women and Society
Gays and Lesbians: Two Populations at Risk
Ageism
People with Disabilities
Legal Attempts to Remedy Discrimination
Chapter 5: Poverty in America
The Culture of Poverty
Who Makes Up the Poor?
Measuring Poverty
Families and Poverty
The Rural Poor
Work and Poverty
Strategies Developed to Combat Poverty
World Poverty
America’s Fringe Economy
PART TWO: THE VOLUNTARY AND FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SECTORS
Chapter 6: The Voluntary Sector Today
Structural Interests within Social Welfare
The Independent Sector
Advancing Social Justice
The Future of the Voluntary Sector
Chapter 7: Privatization and Human Service Corporations
Privatization Issues
The Challenge of Privatization
Unions and the Private Sector
Welfare Capitalism
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Influence on Social Welfare Policy
The Future of Corporate Involvement in Social Welfare
Human Service Corporations
Consolidation and Growth in New Human Service Markets
Private Practice
CHAPTER 8: The Making of Governmental Policy
Technical Aspects of the Policy Process
A Critical Analysis of the Policy Process
The Policy Process
Social Work and Advocacy Organizations
Political Practice
CHAPTER 9: Tax Policy and Income Distribution
History of U.S. Tax Policy
Tax Policy and Special Interests
Federal Tax Policy
State Tax Policy and the Poor
The Efficiency of Tax Policy in Reducing Poverty Tax Expenditures AS Poverty Policy
The Anti-Tax Movement
The Debate Over Economic Inequality
CHAPTER 10: Social Insurance Programs
Definition of Social Insurance
The Background of Social Insurance
The Financial Organization of Social Insurance
Key Social Insurance Programs
The Social Security Dilemma
Medicare (Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance)
Lingering Problems in the Social Security System
Should We Privatize Social Security?
Pension Systems in Selected Industrialized Countries
CHAPTER 11: Public Assistance Programs
Assumptions and Myths about Public Assistance
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
General Assistance
Trends and Issues in Public Assistance
The Evolution of Public Assistance
CHAPTER 12: The American Health Care System
The Uninsured 250
The Organization of Medical Services
Major Public Health Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and S-CHIP
The Tobacco Settlement
The Health Care Crisis
Explaining the High Cost of U.S. Health Care
Cutting Health Care Costs
Reforming U.S. Health Care
Comparative Analysis: Health Care in Canada, The United Kingdom, and Australia
CHAPTER 13: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy
Mental Health Reform
The Community Mental Health Centers Acts
Deinstitutionalization
The Revolving Door
The Psychopharmacological Scandal
Children’s Mental Health
Mental Health and substance abuse funding
Parity for Mental Health Care
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Substance Abuse
CHAPTER 14: Criminal Justice
History of U.S. Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice System
Juvenile Justice
The New jim Crow
The War on Drugs
The Underclass and “Moral Poverty”
Legalization of Drugs
The “New Penology”
CHAPTER 15: Child Welfare Policy
History of U.S. Child Welfare Policy
Protective Services for Children
Foster Care for Children
Adoption
Head Start
Emerging Issues in Child Welfare
CHAPTER 16: Housing Policies
Overview of Housing Legislation 336
The Federal Government and Low-Income
Housing Programs 338
Issues in Housing Policy
Homelessness
Housing Reform
Housing in an International Context
Conclusion360
CHAPTER 17: The Politics of Food Policy and Rural Life
The Contradictions of American Food Policy
Hunger in the United States
Governmental Food Programs
Farming in the United States
Farmworkers
Issues in American Farming
PART FOUR: THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE IN PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 18: The American Welfare State in International Perspective
Typologies of Welfare States
American Exceptionalism
The Welfare State in Transition
Ranking National Development
The Human Development Index
The Fourth World
Capability Poverty
International Aid
Global Capital
The Future
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