Social Policy and Social Change

Social Policy and Social Change

Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice

Jimenez, Jillian A.; Chambers, Ruth M.; Fujii, Cheryl Pearlman; Pasztor, Eileen Mayers

SAGE Publications Inc

04/2014

520

Mole

Inglês

9781452268330

15 a 20 dias

Offers an examination of social policy through a social constructivist and economic lens. This book illuminates the root causes of common social problems and how policy has attempted to ameliorate them. It focuses on how social policies in the United States can be transformed to promote social justice for all groups.
Chapter 1: Introduction Social Construction of Social Problems and Social Policies A Theory of Social Problems and Social Policies Organization of the Book Social Workers and Social Policy Change Social Justice Constituencies for Social Change Chapter 2: The Nature of Social Policy The Identification of Social Problems Social Policies in the United States Social Welfare Policies Political Philosophies in the United States Policy Analysis as a Tool for Social Justice Overview of Social Welfare Policies in the United States Chapter 3: The Social Work Profession and Social Justice Intellectual Antecedents of Social Work The Origins of the Social Work Profession Charity Organization Societies Settlement House Movement Accomplishments of Early Social Workers Social Work and the End of Reform Social Work and the New Deal The Rank and File Movement Social Work in the Post-World War II Era Social Work and the War on Poverty Social Work in the 1980s and 1990s Social Work in the New Millennium Chapter 4: Historical Values Influencing Social Problems and Social Policies Values, Beliefs, and Ideologies Chapter 5: The Market Economy and Social Justice Tasks of the Economic System Market Capitalism and Adam Smith Supply, Demand, and the Price System The Labor Market Dual Labor Market Poverty and Inequality Taxes and Inequality Tax Expenditures Public Benefit, Private Profit Social Costs and Externalities Social Policies Designed to Ameliorate Social Costs of the Market Economy Chapter 6: Oppression and Social Justice in the United States Race and Racism The Racial Contract Aversive Racism Whiteness Essentialism Native Americans African Americans Latinos Asian Americans Poverty and Discrimination Gender Discrimination LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons Persons Considered Disabled Social Movements Among Ethnic Groups and Women Chapter 7: Income Support Policies and Social Justice English Legacy: The Elizabethan Poor Laws Aid to Women and Dependent Children Mothers' Pensions and ADC Social Security and ADC: The First Welfare System ADC/AFDC Attitudes Toward Women on Welfare Ending Welfare as We Knew It: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act Missed Opportunities of TANF Social Security Veterans' Pensions, Survivors' Benefits, and Disability Insurance The Future of Social Security Comparison of Social Security and TANF Chapter 8: Housing and Social Justice The Face of Homelessness History of Homelessness in the United States The Problem of Affordable Housing Recommendations for New Housing Policies Chapter 9: Child Welfare: Issues of Social and Economic Justice Child Protection Interventions in the 19th and 20th Centuries Early Child Welfare: Private Efforts Early Child Welfare: Public Endeavors Children of Color in the Child Welfare System Major Federal Child Welfare Policies Race/Ethnicity, Economics, and Child Maltreatment Kinship Care Family Foster Care Chapter 10: Health, Mental Health, and Social Justice Health and Mental Health Care: Supply and Demand History of Beliefs and Values Regarding Health Care Health Disparities Between Ethnic Groups: The Impact of Discrimination Health Care in the United States: Public-Private Mix Mental Health Policies and Mental Illness: The Economic and Social Justice Issues of Risk and Response Implications for Social Work Chapter 11: Social Justice in the 21st Century Economic Impacts of Globalization Human Rights and Globalization Post 9/11 and the Rise of Progressivism
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