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American Social Welfare Policy

by: Karger, Howard; Stoesz, David

American Social Welfare Policy

by: Karger, Howard; Stoesz, David

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9780205401826
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0205401821
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Now featuring a full-color design, the best-selling text for policy analysis provides students with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues.

Preface

xix

PART ONE AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

Social Policy and the American Welfare State

(24)

Definitions of Social Welfare Policy

(1)

Social Problems and Social Welfare Policy

(1)

Social Work and Social Policy

(1)

Values, Ideology, and Social Welfare Policy

(1)

The Political Economy of American Social Welfare

(1)

The U.S. Economic Continuum

(5)

Keynesian Economics

(1)

Conservative or Free Market Economics

(2)

Democratic Socialism

(1)

The U.S. Political Continuum

(7)

Liberalism and Left-of-Center Movements

(4)

Classical Conservatives and the Far Right

(3)

The Welfare Philosophers and the Neoconservative Think Tanks

(7)

Conclusion

(3)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Notes

(3)

Social Welfare Policy Research: A Framework for Policy Analysis

(13)

A Proposed Model for Policy Analysis

(4)

Historical Background of the Policy

(2)

Problems That Necessitate the Policy

(1)

Policy Description

(1)

Policy Analysis

(2)

Researching and Analyzing Social Policies

(6)

Social Policy Research and the Internet

(1)

Journals and Online Research

(1)

Online Data Collection

(1)

Ethical Concerns Related to Online Research Involving Human Subjects

(1)

Finding and Accessing Online Information

(1)

Citing and Documenting Information Obtained Online

(1)

Evaluating Reliable and Legitimate Internet Sources

(1)

Electronic Journals: An Increasingly Popular Venue

(1)

Online Publishing

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Religion and Social Welfare Policy

(20)

Howard Jacob Karger

Peter A. Kindle

Religious Antecedents of Welfare Statism

(5)

The English Poor Laws

(1)

Church, State, and Social Welfare in Colonial America

(1)

The Second Great Awakening

(1)

The Civil War Era

(1)

The Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

(2)

The Rise of Social Work As a Profession

(3)

Urban Needs during Industrialization

(1)

Charity Organization Societies

(1)

Settlement Houses

(1)

The Social Casework Agency

(1)

The Progressive Movement

(1)

Religion and the Welfare State

(11)

The Fundamentalist Controversy and Its Aftermath

(1)

The Great Depression and New Deal

(1)

Patterns of Religious Change

(1)

Religion and the New Media

(1)

Secularization

(1)

The Reawakening of a Religious Social Conscience and the Great Society

(1)

The Continuing Decline of Mainline Influence

(1)

The New Christian Right

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Notes

(4)

Discrimination in American Society

(52)

Discrimination

(1)

Racism

(1)

The Minority Middle Class

(3)

African Americans

(4)

The Demography of African Americans

(1)

African Americans in Poverty

(1)

The ``Diswelfare'' of African Americans

(4)

Hispanic Americans

(1)

The Demography of Hispanic Americans

(1)

Hispanic Poverty and Income

(1)

Diversity in the Hispanic Population

(1)

American Indians

(2)

Asian Americans

(2)

Immigrants and Immigration

(2)

Women and Society

(11)

Violence and Sexism

(1)

The Feminization of Poverty

(1)

Women and Low-Income Work

(1)

Women and Work

(2)

Income and Job Disparities between Men and Women

(2)

Day Care: A Barrier to Female Employment

(1)

Other Obstacles Faced by Working Women

(1)

Fighting Back: The Equal Rights Amendment and Comparable Worth

(1)

Abortion and Women's Rights

(1)

Gays and Lesbians: Two Populations at Risk

(6)

Violence against Gays and Lesbians

(1)

Gay Rights

(1)

Gays and Lesbians in the Military

(1)

Gay and Lesbian Family Life

(2)

AIDS and the Gay Community

(1)

AGEISM

(2)

Elderly Poverty and Social Programs

(1)

Health Care and the Elderly

(1)

People With Disabilities

(3)

Legal Attempts to Remedy Discrimination

(13)

Desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement

(1)

Affirmative Action

(4)

Conclusion

101

(1)

Discussion Questions

102

(1)

Notes

102

(8)

Poverty in America

110

(35)

Some Theoretical Formulations About Poverty

111

(2)

The Culture of Poverty

111

(1)

Eugenics and Poverty

112

(1)

The Radical School and Poverty

113

(1)

Who Makes Up the Poor?

113

(1)

Measuring Poverty

114

(2)

Families and Poverty

116

(3)

Child Support Enforcement

117

(1)

Children in Poverty

118

(1)

Poverty and the Elderly

118

(1)

The Urban and Rural Poor

119

(1)

Work and Poverty

119

(6)

A Profile of the Working Poor

120

(1)

Why Are There Working Poor?

120

(1)

Underemployment and Unemployment

121

(1)

Job Training Programs

122

(1)

Dual Labor Markets

123

(1)

Wages and Poverty

123

(2)

Strategies Developed to Combat Poverty

125

(3)

IDAs

126

(1)

Three Approaches to Combat Poverty

126

(2)

The Digital Divide

128

(1)

America's Fringe Economy

129

(16)

The Unbanked and the Functionally Poor

129

(1)

Credit and the Poor

130

(7)

Transportation in the Fringe Economy

137

(1)

Conclusion

138

(1)

Discussion Questions

139

(1)

Notes

140

(5)

PART TWO THE VOLUNTARY AND FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL SECTORS

The Voluntary Sector Today

145

(23)

Structural Interests Within Social Welfare

146

(5)

Traditional Providers

147

(1)

Welfare Bureaucrats

147

(1)

Clinical Entrepreneurs

148

(1)

Human Service Executives

149

(1)

Marginal Interests

149

(2)

The Forgotten Sector

151

(2)

Advancing Social Justice

153

(1)

Contemporary Nonprofit Human Service Organizations

154

(7)

The United Way

154

(5)

Elite Philanthropy

159

(1)

Impropriety within Nonprofits

160

(1)

The Future of the Voluntary Sector

161

(7)

Commercialization

161

(1)

Faith-Based Social Services

162

(1)

Social Entrepreneurship

163

(1)

September 11, 2001

164

(1)

Conclusion

164

(1)

Discussion Questions

165

(1)

Notes

165

(3)

Privatization and Human Service Corporations

168

(37)

Privatization Issues

170

(6)

Commercialization

172

(1)

Preferential Selection

172

(1)

Cost-Effectiveness

173

(1)

Standardization

174

(1)

Oligopolization

175

(1)

The Challenge of Privatization

176

(1)

Unions and the Private Sector

177

(2)

Corporate Welfare

179

(1)

History of the Corporate Sector

180

(3)

Corporate Social Responsibility

183

(3)

Corporate Influence on Social Welfare Policy

186

(3)

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

187

(1)

The Heritage Foundation

188

(1)

The Future of Corporate Involvement in Social Welfare

189

(1)

Human Service Corporations

190

(2)

Consolidation and Growth in Human Service Markets

192

(13)

Nursing Homes

192

(1)

Hospital Management

193

(1)

Health Maintenance Organizations

194

(1)

Child Care

195

(1)

Home Health Care

196

(1)

Corrections

196

(1)

Conclusion: Implications for Health and Human Service Professionals

197

(1)

Discussion Questions

198

(2)

Notes

200

(5)

PART THREE THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR

The Making of Governmental Policy

205

(27)

Technical Aspects of the Policy Process

206

(2)

A Critical Analysis of the Policy Process

208

(3)

The Policy Process

211

(13)

Social Stratification

211

(1)

Formulation

211

(3)

Legislation

214

(6)

Implementation

220

(1)

Evaluation

220

(4)

Social Workers and Social Reform

224

(1)

Social Work and Advocacy Organizations

225

(1)

Advocacy Organizations and the New Policy Institutes

226

(1)

Political Practice

227

(5)

Conclusion

228

(1)

Discussion Questions

229

(1)

Notes

230

(2)

Tax Policy and Income Distribution

232

(19)

History of U.S. Tax Policy

233

(3)

Tax Policy and Special Interests

236

(2)

Federal Tax Policy

238

(2)

State Tax Policy and The Poor

240

(1)

The Efficiency of Tax Policy In Reducing Poverty

240

(4)

Tax Expenditures as Poverty Policy

244

(2)

The Antitax Movement

246

(1)

Upward Mobility

247

(4)

Conclusion

248

(1)

Discussion Questions

249

(1)

Notes

249

(2)

Social Insurance Programs

251

(18)

Definition of Social Insurance

252

(1)

The Background of Social Insurance

253

(1)

The Financial Organization of Social Insurance

254

(1)

Key Social Insurance Programs

255

(1)

Oasdi

255

(4)

Unemployment Insurance

256

(2)

Workers Compensation

258

(1)

The Social Security Dilemma

259

(10)

Arguments against the Current Social Security System

260

(1)

Arguments for the Current Social Security System

260

(1)

Social Security in Trouble

261

(1)

The Long-Term Prospects for Social Security

262

(1)

Proposed Solutions for Social Security

263

(1)

Should We Privatize Social Security?

264

(2)

Conclusion

266

(1)

Discussion Questions

266

(1)

Notes

267

(2)

Public Assistance Program

269

(32)

Assumptions and Myths About Public Assistance

271

(3)

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

274

(8)

The Evolution of the AFDC Program

274

(2)

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

276

(3)

State Welfare Reform Waivers

279

(1)

Has the PRWORA Worked?

279

(2)

Proposed Changes in TANF

281

(1)

Supplemental Security Income

282

(1)

General Assistance

283

(2)

Trends and Issues In Public Assistance

285

(16)

Transforming Public Assistance Policy into Labor Policy

285

(2)

Teenage Pregnancy

287

(2)

The Underclass

289

(1)

Welfare Behaviorism

289

(2)

Welfare to Work

291

(2)

Conclusion: The Evolution of Public Assistance

293

(2)

Discussion Questions

295

(1)

Notes

296

(5)

The American Health Care System

301

(36)

The Uninsured

302

(1)

The Organization of Medical Services

303

(1)

Major Public Health Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and S-Chip

304

(8)

Medicare

304

(4)

Medicaid

308

(3)

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP)

311

(1)

The Tobacco Settlement

312

(1)

The Health Care Crisis

313

(3)

Overview of U.S. Health Care Expenditures

314

(1)

U.S. Health Care in International Perspective

315

(1)

Explaining the High Cost of U.S. Health Care

316

(2)

Hospital Costs

317

(1)

Physicians' Salaries

317

(1)

The Pharmaceutical Industry

318

(1)

Cutting Health Care Costs

318

(3)

Managed Care

319

(2)

The Underinsured

321

(1)

Aids and Health Care

321

(2)

Reforming U.S. Health Care

323

(4)

Socialized Medicine

324

(1)

National Health Insurance

325

(1)

Incremental Reform

326

(1)

Comparative Analysis: Health Care In Canada and Britain

327

(10)

The Canadian Health Care System

327

(2)

Britain's National Health Service

329

(2)

Conclusion

331

(1)

Discussion Questions

332

(1)

Notes

333

(4)

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy

337

(31)

Mental Health Reform

339

(1)

The Community Mental Health Centers Acts

340

(1)

Deinstitutionalization

341

(1)

The Revolving Door

342

(3)

Cmhcs Under Siege

345

(1)

Preventive Commitment

346

(1)

Mental Health Service Delivery

347

(2)

Parity for Mental Health Care

349

(1)

Substance Abuse

350

(5)

History of Substance Abuse

351

(1)

Alcohol Abuse

352

(1)

Drug Abuse

353

(2)

Private Practice and Mental Health Services

355

(13)

The Business of Private Practice

359

(2)

The Future of the Private Sector

361

(1)

Conclusion

362

(1)

Discussion Questions

363

(1)

Notes

363

(5)

Criminal Justice

368

(21)

History of U.S. Criminal Justice

369

(1)

The Criminal Justice System

370

(3)

Juvenile Justice

373

(2)

The War on Drugs

375

(4)

The Underclass and ``Moral Poverty''

379

(2)

Legalization of Drugs

381

(1)

The ``New Penology''

382

(2)

The Future of Criminal Justice

384

(5)

Conclusion

385

(1)

Discussion Questions

385

(1)

Notes

386

(3)

Child Welfare Policy

389

(27)

History of U.S. Child Welfare Policy

391

(2)

Protective Services for Children

393

(8)

Foster Care For Children

401

(4)

Adoption

405

(1)

Head Start

406

(1)

Emerging Issues in Child Welfare

407

(9)

Day Care

407

(1)

Maternal and Child Health

408

(1)

Teen Pregnancy

409

(2)

Conclusion: The Future of Child Welfare

411

(1)

Discussion Questions

412

(1)

Notes

412

(4)

Housing Policies

416

(26)

Overview of Housing Legislation

417

(2)

The Federal Government and Low-Income Housing Programs

419

(4)

Issues in Housing Policy

423

(8)

Trends in U.S. Housing

424

(1)

Problems in Home Ownership

425

(2)

Problems in Finding Affordable Rental Housing

427

(3)

Overcrowded and Deficient Housing

430

(1)

Other Factors Affecting Housing

430

(1)

Homelessness

431

(6)

Characteristics of the Homeless Population

432

(2)

Trends in Homelessness

434

(1)

Attempts to Address Homelessness

435

(2)

Housing Reform

437

(5)

Conclusion

438

(1)

Discussion Questions

438

(1)

Notes

439

(3)

The Politics of Food Policy and Rural Life

442

(29)

Hunger in the United States

443

(2)

Governmental Food Programs

445

(10)

A Short History of Food Stamps and a Description of the Program

445

(2)

Food Stamps: Who Is in the Program and What Does It Cost?

447

(1)

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

448

(1)

Other Food Programs

449

(2)

Have the Food Programs Worked?

451

(4)

Farming In the United States

455

(3)

Governmental Farm Policies

456

(1)

The Face of U.S. Farming

457

(1)

Farmworkers

458

(3)

Issues in American Farming

461

(10)

The Corporatization of American Farming

461

(2)

Genetic Engineering

463

(1)

Global Trade

463

(1)

Mad Cow Disease

463

(1)

Local Selling

463

(1)

Organic Farming

464

(1)

Sustainable Agriculture

464

(1)

Global Warming

465

(1)

Conclusion

466

(1)

Discussion Questions

466

(1)

Notes

467

(4)

PART FOUR THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE IN PERSPECTIVE

The American Welfare State in International Perspective

471

(23)

Typologies of Welfare States

472

(1)

American Exceptionalism

473

(2)

The Welfare State in Transition

475

(1)

Ranking National Development

476

(8)

The Weighted Index of Social Progress

477

(1)

The Human Development Index

477

(7)

Capability Poverty

484

(2)

International Aid

486

(1)

Global Capital

486

(2)

The Future

488

(6)

Conclusion

490

(1)

Discussion Questions

491

(1)

Notes

491

(3)

Glossary

494

(6)

Index

500

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