Essentials of Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 1st edition

IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE

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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy
Chapter 1: Politics and the Policymaking Process
Chapter 2: Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare Policy
Chapter 3: Politics and the History of Social Welfare Policy
Chapter 4: Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore?
Chapter 5: Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility
Chapter 6: Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil Rights
Chapter 7: Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew It
Chapter 8: Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured?
Chapter 9: Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment policy
Chapter 10: Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 11: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 12: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Conclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the future of Social Welfare Policy

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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy: A Political Approach
Conclusion

 

Chapter 1: Politics and the Policymaking Process
The Policymaking Process
Financing the Welfare State
Summary

 

Chapter 2: Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare Policy
The Politics of Policy Analysis
The Politics of Policy Implementation
Evaluating Social Policy
Summary

Chapter 3: Politics and the History of Social Welfare Policy
The Early History of Social Welfare Policy in America
The Great Depression and FDR’s New Deal
LBJ and the War on Poverty
More Expansion of Social Welfare
The Reagan and Bush Years
The Presidential Years of Bill Clinton
The George W. Bush Presidency
Barack Obama’s Presidency: Year One
Summary

Chapter 4: Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore?
What Is Poverty?
Why Are the Poor, Poor?
The Politics of Hunger
The Politics of Affordable Housing
Poor and Homeless: Not Invisible Any More
A Fundamental Shift
Summary

 

Chapter 5: Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility
Preventing Poverty through Compulsory Savings
Social Security: The World’s Largest Social Welfare Program
Social Security’s Goals: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency
Saving Social Security
Public Policy and Private Pensions
Unemployment Insurance
Workers’ Compensation
Summary

Chapter 6: Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil Rights
A Fair Definition, A Fair Policy
Public Assistance for the “Deserving Poor”
Veterans Administration Disability System
Disability and Work
The Era of Civil Rights for Individuals with Disabilities
Disability Policy for Children
Disability Policy for the Future
Summary

Chapter 7: Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew It
From Mothers’ Aid to AFDC
Making Parents Pay: A History of Child Support Enforcement
Benefits of Child Support
Child Support Enforcement Agency’s Services
Effectiveness of Child Support Enforcement
State Compliance and CSE Privatization
The Reincarnations of Welfare and Work
Why the Fuss about Welfare?
Has Welfare as We Knew It Ended?
Summary

 

Chapter 8: Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured?
Healthcare: Crossroads of Politics and Social Welfare Policy
Good Health or Medical Attention?
How Americans Pay for Healthcare
What Ails Healthcare?
Incrementalism and the 2009—2010 Effort for Universal Healthcare
Meanwhile, Back at the States
Healthcare: More Ethical Dilemmas
Summary

 

Chapter 9: Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment Policy
Education for the Few or the Many?
Public Education: The Progressive Era to World War II
The Post World War II Era: Increased Federal Involvement in Education
Was Thirty Years of Education Reform Necessary?
Education and the Obama Administration
Federal Reluctance in Employment Policy
Reluctance Overcome: The New Deal
The War on Poverty: The Search for a Cure
Minimum Wages and Living Wages
Economic Crisis and the Obama Stimulus Plan
Summary

Chapter 10: Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Social Services in the United States
Child Welfare Policy and Services
Social Services for Older Americans
Social Services for Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Summary

Chapter 11: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual Orientation
The Feminization of Poverty
The Wage Gap and Comparable Worth
Women in Political Office
Resuscitating the Equal Rights Amendment
Family Care
No Middle Ground on Abortion Rights
Confronting Violence against Women
A New Era for Gay Rights
Summary

 

Chapter 12: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Racial Equality: How Far Have We Come?
The Civil Rights Acts
School Desegregation
Housing and Racial Discrimination
Affirmative Action
Voting Rights
Troubles in Indian Country
Racial and Ethnic Targeting
Immigration and Social Welfare
Summary

Conclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the Future of Social Welfare Policy