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More copies of this ISBN:Understanding Social Welfare (7TH 07 - Old Edition)by Ralph Dolgoff
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This readable, well-organized, comprehensive, and scholarly text is accessible to social work students and helps them learn about, understand, analyze, and evaluate social welfare policies and programs. The text focuses on the impact of social structure on people’s lives, emphasizing human rights and the search for social justice based on the current concerns of a diverse client population, and incorporating the latest contextual factors and social welfare legislation. What Reviewers Are Saying “The approach [of Understanding Social Welfare] is among the best. . . . I would not use another text.” –George T. Patterson, New York University “I consider it a great strength that this text incorporates the diversity component throughout the text, which is so essential to the social work curriculum. . . . An awareness of this diversity affords the student a valuable perspective and a broader context to evaluate our own state of social policy.” –Sheli Bernstein-Goff, West Liberty State College [ Insert MyHelpingLab Advertisement ] Synopsis:With its focus on political economy and the search for social justice, this engaging and accessible book helps readers better understand our social welfare system. The new edition reflects the most recent changes in the social welfare system, our national society, and our world, including the impact of the Bush administration's policies on social welfare, the proposals of the Democratic and Republican candidates, and the latest trends, data, and discussions. Table of Contents1 Socioeconomic Structure, Human Needs, and Mutual Responsibility Overview The Impact of Social and Economic Structures Defining Social Welfare and Social Work The American Myth of the Hero Balancing Individual and Societal Responsibilities Human Rights, Social Justice, Social Work, and Social Welfare
The Authors’ Perspective Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
2 Social Values and Social Welfare Overview Modern Views of Humanity Self-Actualization versus Irritation Response Theories Economics and Human Motivation An Overview of History
Altruism and Mutual Aid
Ancient Cultures
Early Christianity Holy Poverty and Expectations of the Wealthy Eastern Cultures
Summary: Evolving Values and Social Welfare Questions for Consideration Notes
3 Social Values and Social Welfare: England from the Middle Ages Onward Overview The Early Middle Ages The Middle Middle Ages The Late Middle Ages to Elizabethan Poor Laws Work and Religion The Poor Laws The Poor Law Compilation of 1601 Speenhamland The Workhouse The Poor Law of 1834 Principles of the Poor Laws Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
4 Social Values and Social Welfare: The American Experience I Overview American Poor Law Mentality Settlements, Labor, and Imported “Poor Laws” The Early Spanish Influence, the Mexicans, and Other Hispanics Voluntary Mutual Aid Efforts
Mutual Aid among African Americans
Voluntary and Public Responsibilities The American Frontier: The Myth and Values Mutual Aid among Immigrant Groups Rugged Individualism and/or Cooperation American Indians and U.S. History The Federal Role in Social Welfare The Freedmen’s Bureau Veterans and a Suspension of the Ethic Social Darwinism The Coming of Social Insurance Society, Social Values, and Modern Views of Human Nature Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
5 America, Poverty, Two Paths: The American Experience II Overview Three Discoveries of Poverty
The War on Poverty Eight Outcomes
The “Skirmish” against Poverty Families, Children, and Poverty
The Paths Forward Human Nature and the American Dream Summary Questions for Consideration Notes 6 Concepts for Social Welfare Overview What Is Social Welfare? Social Policy, Social Services, and Social Work
Ideology, Social Policy, and Government Intervention Five Routes to Social Policy
The Federal and Pluralist System The Economic Sphere
The Importance of Fiscal and Monetary Policy A Tarnished Business Sector? A Second Welfare System–Corporate and Individual Welfare Globalization and Social Justice The Bush Administration Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
7 Examining a Social Welfare Program within the Context of Social Justice: Structural Components, Alternative Program Characteristics, and Evaluation Overview Structural Components
Alternative Program Characteristics
Evaluating the Program
Testing for Social Justice
Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
8 The Welfare Society and Its Clients
Overview Who Is a Client of Social Welfare? What Is Poverty?
A Description of the Poor Income and Wealth Inequality Counter-intuitive Statistics Intergenerational Mobility The Effect of Some Government Programs The Near-Poor and Expectations Other Views of Poverty
Strategies for Fighting Poverty
Ideology Revisited
The Second Bush Administration
Ideology Once Again Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
9 Current Social Welfare Programs–Economic Security Overview Social Insurance Programs
Income Support Programs
Socioeconomic Asset Development Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
10 Social Welfare Programs: Sustaining the Quality of Life Overview Managed Care: A Radical Change
Health Care Programs
Nutrition Programs
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Housing Veterans’ Benefits Employment Programs Personal Social Services
Mental Health Services Corrections Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
11 Nonprofit and Private Social Welfare Overview Early Patterns The Nonprofit Sector
Types of Nonprofit Agencies
The Proprietary Private For-Profit Organization Services of the Nonprofit and Private Sectors Getting and Spending Private and Nonprofit Agencies as Social Welfare Programs A Point of View Leadership, Class, and Gender Private and Public Spheres
Marketplace and the Nonmarket Domain Family and Friends Toward the Future Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
12 Social Work: The Emergence of a Profession Overview The Workers of “Good Works” The Process of Professionalization A Brief History of Practice and Methods Development of the Professional Association Social Work with Groups Community Organization and Social Planning Toward a Unified Profession Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
13 Social Work: Functions, Context, and Issues Overview The Purposes of Social Work The Professional within Complex Organizations
Society, the Functions of Social Work, and Services for People The “Bottom Line”
The Two Tracks of Social Work: Cause and Function Generic-Specific Social Work Professionals and Volunteers
The Number of Social Workers
Issues Confronting the Profession: Multi-cultural Society, Technologies, Managed Care, Leadership, Sufficient and Qualified Social Workers and Resources, and Accountability. Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
14 Social Trends Affecting Social Welfare Overview National Society Individual and Shared Goals The International Economy Population Growth and Resources The United States: A Changing Population A Selected Social Welfare Agenda and Social Justice Productivity and the Service Economy Ethnicity and Pluralism Gender Gay Men and Lesbians The Place of Social Welfare in a Changing Context Summary Questions for Consideration Notes
15 Toward the General Welfare and Social Justice Overview Healthy Children and Social Justice Globalization, Privatization, Socially Just Services, and the Future of Social Welfare Challenges Facing Social Welfare TheState of the Welfare State
A Second Welfare System: Corporate and Taxpayer Welfare and Social Justice Social Justice and the “Baby Boom” Generation: The Choices Before Us
Alternatives Facing the Practitioner Technology and Social Action Where We Are
Coda: Two Views of the Future Summary Questions for Consideration Notes Appendix: Sources of Information A Timeline of Significant Social Welfare Events Index
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