The Welfare State and Social Work

Josefina Figueira-McDonough - Arizona State University, USA

Courses:
History of Social Work | Social Welfare Policy/Social Policy

July 2006 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

The Welfare State and Social Work: The Hesitant Pursuit of Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States. By viewing social welfare and social work in light of principles of social justice, this book offers a fresh perspective of their interplay and how this interaction affects policy practice.

Key Features:

Conceptualizes social justice as it operates, or fails to operate, under a specific system-the liberal democracy familiar to citizens of the United States
Examines how administrative centralization and political and economic power affect social policies, how these policies are conditioned by the paths embedded in the histories of previous decisions, and how a selective ideology justifies them
Offers a critical commentary following the coverage of historical periods
Systematically compares outcomes in the United States with those in other liberal democracies that have different welfare regimes, and evaluates proposals for reforming welfare in a global context

Available Formats

ISBN: 9780761930242 Paperback Suggested Retail Price: $197.00 Bookstore Price: $157.60

See what’s new to this edition by selecting the Features tab on this page. Should you need additional information or have questions regarding the HEOA information provided for this title, including what is new to this edition, please email sageheoa@sagepub.com. Please include your name, contact information, and the name of the title for which you would like more information. For information on the HEOA, please go to http://ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html.

For assistance with your order: Please email us at textsales@sagepub.com or connect with your SAGE representative.

SAGE
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
www.sagepub.com

Introduction

PART I. MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

Ch 1: Justice as a Value in Social Work

A Schizophrenic Profession?

Rescuing a Profession That Betrayed Its Mission

Gil on Social Determinism and Constructing a Just Society

Piven and Cloward on Welfare, Control, and Disruption

Gilbert on Balanced Reform From Within

Jordan on Struggling for Justice and Social Work

Wakefield on Justice as the Organizing Principle of Social Work

Comparing Concepts of Social Work

Ch 2: Understanding Social Justice in Liberal Democracies

Liberal-Democratic Society and its Contradictions

Theories of Social Justice for Liberal Democracies

Freedom Versus Democracy: Priorities in the United States

Ch 3: Evaluating Distributive Justice in the United States

Expanding the Welfare State Concept

Dimensions of Distributive Justice

How does the United States Rate on Distributive Justice?

PART II. INTERPRETING WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES: BEYOND EXCEPTIONALISM

Building an Analytic Framework

Ch 4: The Fragile Roots of Welfare in the United States: From Colony to the Gilded Era

The Legacy of the English Poor Laws and the Shaping of a National Ideology in the Eighteenth Century

The Nineteenth Century: Seismic Changes and Moral Certainties

Ch 5: The Ambiguous Ancestry of Welfare and Social Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

The Progressive Era

Social Work, 1900-1920

Social Regression, Disaster, and the Birth of the Welfare State During the Interwar Years

Social Work in the Twenties and Thirties

Ch 6: From the Aftermath of World War II to the Great Society

Holding Back the New Deal

Social Work in the Postwar Period

The Promise of the Great Society

Social Work in the Sixties

Ch 7: The Weakening of the Welfare State Gains Speed

The Seventies: Expansion and Stagnation

Social Work in the Seventies

Reagan and the Precipitous Undoing of Public Assistance

Social Work in a Regressive Era

Ch 8: The End of the Millennium and the Demise of Entitlement to Public Assistance

A Centrist President in a Conservative Government

Social Work at the End of the Millennium

PART III. THE LESSER AMERICANS: HISTORICAL LEGACIES

The Story of a Limited Democracy

Ch 9: Women and the Welfare State

The Preindustrial Period

Economic and Social Restructuring

The Place of Women in the New Deal

Ch 10: Welfare Through the Color Lens

African Americans

Mexican Americans

Native Americans

Genocide, Manifest Destiny, and Contradictory Federal Policy

PART IV. CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS OF THE LIBERAL WELFARE STATE

Ch 11: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - I

Positive Outcomes, Concerns, and Questions

Devolution: Unaccountability, Creativity, and State Budgets Crisis

Promoting the Work Ethic and Self-Sufficiency

Toward a Nuclear Family State

Ch 12: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - II

Barriers and Exclusion

TANF Reauthorization

Ch 13: Social Security and the Push Toward Privatization

The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

Social Insurance Financing and Alternative Proposals

Further Thoughts About Privatization

PART V. CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS OF WELFARE STATES IN DEVELOPED NATIONS

Ch 14: Types of Welfare States, Different Outcomes, and Future Needs

Different Logics of Welfare States

Alternative Institutional Designs

Comparing Welfare Types

Historical Synopses

Achievements of the Welfare Regimes

Ch 15: The Future of Welfare State in Postindustrial Societies

Demographic and Economic Shifts

The Three Pillars of Welfare

PART VI. LOCATING AND COUNTERACTING SOURCES OF INJUSTICE

Ch 16: Framing Policy Practice

Social Work's Commitment to Justice for the Twenty-First Century

How Do Professional Statements Fit With Social Work Theories of Justice?

What Do Social Justice Theories Add?

What Guidelines Can Be Derived From the Historical Analysis?

Ideology

Policy Decision Making

Summary

Ch 17: Policy Practice

Building Influence From the Ground Up

Influence in Policy Making

Shaping Policy Implementation

Judicial Policy Making

Interdependence Among Types of Policy Practice

Conclusion

Key features

Critical assessment of the discipline from historical, sociopolitical, and economic perspectives.
The theme of social justice.
The growing influence of globilization on contemporary social policay and practice.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chatper 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 5

You are here

Disable VAT on Taiwan

The Welfare State and Social Work
Pursuing Social Justice

Sample Materials & Chapters

Sage College Publishing

Related Products