Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World
Autor Shannon R. Lane, Elizabeth S. Palley, Corey S. Shdaimahen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mai 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1544316186
Pagini: 424
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Recenzii
“The vignettes that start each chapter make the topics come alive. I also liked that each chapter ended with advocacy opportunities. This text connects practice with policy very effectively.”
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 • Social Work: A Value-Based Profession in Historical Context
Policy Practice and Me: A Social Work Perspective
A Brief History of U.S. Social Welfare Policy
Current Context
Chapter 2 • How Policy is Created and Influenced
The Policy Process
Intervention Methods: How to Engage with the Policy Process
Chapter 3 • Practical Theories for Understanding and Analyzing Policy
Background on Vaccines
Policy Analysis Theories
Interest Group Politics
Using Frameworks for Analysis
Application of Theories
Chapter 4 • Family Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Family Policy
Current Family Policy
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 5 • Child Welfare Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Child Welfare Policy
The Modern Child Welfare System
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 6 • Early Childhood Education and Care Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Early Childhood Education and Care
Current Child Care and Early Education Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 7 • Education Policy, Kindergarten Through High School
History and Social Construction of U.S. Education
History of Education in the U.S.: Timeline of Federal Education Actions
Current Education Policy
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 8 • Higher Education Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Higher Education
Current Higher Education Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 9 • Work and Employment Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Work and Employment
Current Work and Employment Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 10 • Policy for Older Adults
History and Social Construction of U.S. Policy for Older Adults
Current Policies for Older Adults
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 11 • Health Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Health Care
Current Health Policy
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 12 • Disability Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Disability Policy
The Early U.S. History of Disability
Social Security Act and Disability Rights Movements Begin
Current Disability Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 13 • Criminal Justice
History and Social Construction of U.S. Criminal Justice Policy
Current Criminal Justice Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 14 • Housing and Homelessness Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Homelessness
The Progressive Era: Homelessness and the “Married Vagabond”
History and Social Construction of U.S. Housing
Current Housing and Homelessness Policy
Defining Homelessness
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 15 • Immigration Policy
History and Social Construction of U.S. Immigration Policy
Current Immigration Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Chapter 16 • Environmental Policy
The History and Social Construction of U.S. Environmental Policy
Current Environmental Policies
Policy Informed by Alternative Lenses
Opportunities for Advocacy
Glossary
References
Index
Notă biografică
Shannon R. Lane, LMSW, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. She began her political career working for the United States Senate, where she was hired as a staff member for Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle while still an undergraduate at the George Washington University. She received her MSW from the University of Michigan and returned to Capitol Hill to work for Senators Daschle, Pryor, and Nelson. Since 2004, she has been affiliated with the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. She has worked with the Humphreys Institute to coordinate the Campaign School for Social Workers, a two-day training that has trained more than 1,200 social work students and professionals from around the country to run for political office and hold leadership positions in political settings. She earned her PhD in Social Work from the University of Connecticut, and has taught social work policy, macro practice, and research at Yeshiva, Sacred Heart University, Adelphi University, and the University of Connecticut. She advocates on issues such as health care access and gender based violence at the federal, state, and local levels. Shannon shares her passion for political action by researching strategies to increase the political involvement of social workers and underserved populations, and has won national awards for her research on effective teaching of policy and voter engagement. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Social Policy and Research. She is a member of the Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education with the Council on Social Work Education. Shannon currently serves as Deputy Registrar of Voters in Bethany, Connecticut. She and Suzanne Pritzker, PhD, are the authors of Political Social Work: Using Power to Create Social Change (2018, Springer Publishing).