Social Policy and Social Justice

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4129-9886-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 718 g

Reihe: Social Work in the New Century

This core text is intended for students taking social policy and social welfare policy in departments of social work. Its purpose is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of U.S. social policy and the policymaking process. It will cover the critical contextual components of social policy such as history, ideology, political economy, and culture across the major domains of policy including income, social security, health, mental health, child welfare, and housing. The book will contain a number of distinguishing features, including: a strong theoretical foundation, greater emphasis on inclusion of primary source materials, a focus on critical thinking development, in-depth case studies, a focus on social justice and its relationship to social policy, interwoven content on a global and international perspective. The book will also be developed to have a greater focus on engaging content delivery via the use of cultural artifacts and connections to music, art, film and photography. The primary source material will help students connect the content from yesterday within the context of social policy today. The book will cover the content as taught in social policy courses across the curriculum. It will include chapters on social work history, the political economy, policy analysis, marginalized populations, social security, welfare and welfare reform, mental health policy, employment, child welfare, homelessness, and social services. In addition, the book will also help students place the content in context with coverage of federal and state budgets, and local and federal policy advocacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reisch, Michael S. (Stewart)

Reisch, Michael S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Context of Social Policy
Introduction: Overview of themes and content in Part I
Chapter 1: U.S. Social Policy in the New Century - Michael Reisch
Chapter 2: U.S. Social Policy & Social Welfare - An Historical Overview - Michael Reisch
Chapter 3: The Political-Economy of Contemporary U.S. Social Policy - Joel Blau
Chapter 4: Social Policy and the Racial Regulation of People of Color - Jerome Schiele
Chapter 5: Women & Social Policy - Susan Roll
Part II: Policy Practice
Introduction: Overview of themes and content in Part II
Chapter 6: Policy Analysis - Richard Caputo
Chapter 7: Federal and State Budget Basics for Social Workers - Karen Staller
Chapter 8: Policy Advocacy at the Federal Level: A Case Study of Americorps -- How the Little Guys Won - Monica Healy, Eugene Sofer
Chapter 9: State & Local Policy Advocacy - Richard Hoefer
Chapter 10: The Judiciary & Social Policy - Vicki Lens
Part III: Key Areas of Social Policy
Introduction: Overview of themes and content of Part III
Chapter 11: Social Security - Past, Present, & Future - Benjamin Veghte
Chapter 12: Poverty and Unemployment: Does a "Work First" Remedy Work? - Roberta Iversen
Chapter 13: Welfare & Welfare Reform in the Age of Neoliberal Paternalism - Sanford Schram, Joe Soss, Richard Fording
Chapter 14: Health and Mental Health Policy - Stephen Gorin, Cynthia Moniz
Chapter 15: Human Services in the United States: A Focus on Ethnic Minority Families and Children Human Services in the United States: Safety Net Programs for Ethnic Minority Families and Children - Julian Chow, Catherine Vu

Über Autor(innen)

Reisch, Michael S.
Michael Reisch is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Fulbright Senior Scholar, he has held faculty and administrative positions at five other major U.S. universities, and has been a visiting professor and lectured widely in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Based on his interdisciplinary educational background in law, history, political and social theory, and social work, he has authored or edited 35 books and monographs, 150 journal articles and book chapters, and over 450 conference papers. His scholarship focuses on such topics as poverty and inequality, welfare and welfare reform, the history and philosophy of social welfare, social justice, social policy, and social work practice, and the impact of economic globalization on social welfare. His many books include From Charity to Enterprise: The Development of American Social Work in a Market Economy (with Stanley Wenocur); The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States (with Janice Andrews); Social Work and Social Justice: Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies (with Charles Garvin); Macro Social Work Practice: Working for Change in a Multicultural Society; Social Work Ethics in a Changing Society; and the Routledge International Handbook of Social Justice. He has also co-edited two editions of the Handbook of Community Practice and the 4th edition of his book, Social Policy and Social Justice, will be published in spring 2021. Translations of his scholarship appear in 10 languages. With Dr. Yoosun Park, he is currently working on a book tentatively titled From Americanization to Integration: A Discursive History of Social Work with Immigrants and Immigration.
Dr. Reisch has held leadership positions in national, state, and local advocacy, professional, and social justice organizations with a particular focus on the issues confronting low-income children and families, welfare recipients, immigrants and refugees, and unemployed or homeless persons. His op-eds have appeared in numerous newspapers and he has been a frequent guest on public interest radio programs. Reisch has directed and consulted on political campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels in four states, and been honored for his work by the Maryland General Assembly, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and numerous nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and universities. In 2013, he received the Social Work Educator of the Year Award from the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. In 2014, he received both the Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Maryland and the Significant Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Social Work Education. In 2017, Reisch became a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and in 2019, he received the Career Achievement Award from the Association for Community Organization and Social Action.