Essentials of Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 1st edition
Published by Pearson (October 17, 2011) © 2012
- Diana DiNitto
- David H. Johnson
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A BRIEF TEXT PRESENTING CONFLICTS AND CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY.
- Offers rich historical context that informs current policy decisions. Considers alternatives to current social welfare policies and systems such as ongoing efforts to reform Social Security and Medicare in light of an aging baby boomer generation and burgeoning federal and state budget problems.
- Students will develop an initial understanding of the financial bases of social welfare policy, including ideological and political conflicts that arise over allocation of scarce resources through budgeting, tax policy, and fiscal policy as these relate to social welfare.
ENGAGE STUDENTS
- End-of-chapter questions assess student understanding of chapter materials. (ex. p. 26)
- Illustration boxes are included within each chapter. (ex. p. 17)
- Key Information in the margins highlights important material in every chapter. (ex. p. 16)
EXPLORE CURRENT ISSUES
- This book has been updated to include the most recent data.
- Places social welfare policymaking in the current and rapidly changing policy environment.
- Discusses recent major changes in public policy, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, focusing on the controversies and political conflicts that arose over enactment.
- Offers rich historical context that informs current policy decisions. Considers alternatives to current social welfare policies and systems such as ongoing efforts to reform Social Security and Medicare in light of an aging baby boomer generation and burgeoning federal and state budget problems.
- Offers an introductory view of social welfare policies balanced by rich detail and a frank appraisal of the ideological positions and political forces that are most likely to influence future social welfare policy decisions.
- Discusses many areas of social welfare policy, such as education and employment policy, child welfare and child support enforcement policies, retirement and disability policy, and civil rights policy.
- Each chapter has been updated to reflect the latest available data on costs, benefits, and effectiveness of social welfare policies and programs.
- Includes some co-authored chapters by social welfare scholars with research and practice expertise in the specific area of policy.
- Information on changes in the wake of the 2010 mid-term elections complements earlier information on the first two years of the Obama administration.
- Includes information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the 2010 health care reform, and other recent policies that are likely to be the focus of ongoing public conflict.
APPLY CSWE CORE COMPETENCIES
- Explains why the core competencies are important
- Includes a complete CSWE EPAS grid describing each of the 10 core competencies and practice behavior examples
- Includes chapter-specific practice behavior coverage in the text
- Includes complete core competency coverage by chapter in the text
- Lists core competencies in the table of contents under each heading
- Chapter opening grid highlighting the core competencies addressed throughout the chapter
- Competency-based critical thinking questions tie to both competency application and chapter content
- Includes an assess your competence section to rate how well students understand key concepts from the chapter
SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS
- Strong Supplements Package - Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank (MyTest), Blackboard Test Item File, and PowerPoint presentations.
- Connecting Core Competencies: A Workbook for Social Work Students contains 300+ assessment questions that test student mastery of core competencies plus explanations of each competency.
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IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
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
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
David H. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Millersville University of Pennsylvania where he teaches courses in social welfare policy and law, social welfare policy and economics, human behavior in the social environment, social work practice, research methods, and mediation. He has a MSW degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to social work, he spent more than two decades in the public sector including several years of progressive responsibilities in the health insurance industry. He received honorable mention for the 2010 Dissertation Award of the Society for Social Work and Research for his dissertation A Structure by No Means Complete: A Comparison of the Successful Passage of Medicare and Medicaid under Lyndon Baines Johnson with the Failure to Pass National Healthcare Reform under William Jefferson Clinton. His research is in social welfare policy, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS. He has direct practice experience in child welfare and homelessness, as well as research experience with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Social Work Research. He has served on the boards of the NASW-Mississippi Chapter Board of Directors, the Balance of State Continuum of Care, and AIDS Services Coalition. He currently serves on the NASW-Pennsylvania Chapter Public Policy Committee and the Lancaster County Medical Foundation Board of Directors.
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