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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Policy Practice
• Introduction
• Policy Practice
• Preparation of the Practitioner
• Assembling a Team
• Identification, Definition, and Legitimization of the Problem
• Selecting an Approach
• Conducting an Analysis
• Information About the History and Current Status of the Problem and Policy
• Identification of the Norms and Values of the Voting Public
• Recognition of the Political Alliances That Will Support or Oppose the Proposal
• Review of the Current System of Agencies That Compose the Service Delivery System
• Generation of an Alternative Solution or Alternative Solutions
• Collection or Production of Appropriate Professional Analyses
• Examination of Potential Unintended Consequences
• Selection of an Alternative or Alternatives
• Action Planning
• Evaluating the Outcomes
• Conclusion
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 2 Social Welfare Policy and Politics
• Introduction
• Defining Social Welfare Policy
• Defining Politics
• Politics as Process
• Politics as Ideologies: Across the Spectrum of Right and Left
• Libertarians (Neoconservatism)
• Conservatism
• Centrism
• Liberalism
• Social Democracy and Labor Parties
• Socialism
• Politics as Process: How to Have an Effect on Social Policy
• Getting Involved
• Understanding the Issue
• Planning Advocacy
• Advocating
• Evaluating Advocacy
• Ongoing Monitoring
• Conclusion
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 3 New Federalism, New Freedom, and States’ Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of
• Introduction
• The Epidemiology and Burden of Mental Illness
• Unresolved Federalism in Mental Health Policy
• States’ Rights and Control of Mental Health Policy
• Federal Encroachment in State Mental Health Policy and Services
• National Mental Health Acts/Public Laws
• Increases in Federal Financing
• Presidential Commissions and Involvement in Mental Health Policy in the United States
• Federal Lawsuits and Judicial Cases Against the States
• The Declining Financial Health of State Governments: Implications for the Future of State Mental Hea
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 4 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice
• Introduction
• The Political/Moral Economy Context of Aging Societies
• Changing Social Perceptions, Expectations, and Policies
• Medicalization of Aging
• Older Adults, Status, Roles, and Resources
• Changing Perceptions of Older Adults and Social Welfare
• Ageism and Age Discrimination
• Recognition of Diversity in the Aging Population
• Potential Role of Technology
• Overview of Selected Policy and Services
• Income Issues in Late Life and Related Policies
• Employment Issues
• Health Policy Issues
• Housing Policy Issues
• Transportation Issues
• Common Policy Directions
• Title XX Services
• Characteristics of the Health and Social Service Delivery Systems
• Implications for Social Work Policy Practitioners
• Key Directions for a Policy Practice Agenda
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 5 Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Dev
• Introduction
• Explanatory Legitimacy Theory
• Description
• Explanation
• Legitimacy
• Looking Back
• Explanatory Legitimacy Theory Analysis of Policy Exemplars
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
• Conclusions
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 6 Health Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large?
• Introduction
• Needed Background
• The Uninsured/Underinsured
• Health Disparities
• Policy Topics
• Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
• Medicare Part D
• Patient Self-Determination Act and the Medicare Hospice Benefit
• Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act
• Women’s Reproductive Health
• End-Stage Renal Disease Program (ESRD)
• Policies/Programs Worth Exploring
• Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 7 Social Determinants of Health: 21st-Century Social Work Priorities
• Introduction
• Social Work at the End of the 19th Century
• Social Work in the 20th Century
• Hypothesis 1. The Profession of Social Work Will Continue to Emphasize Methodological Individualism
• Hypothesis 2. Social Work Will Align Itself With Public Health Efforts, Particularly in a Global Con
• Hypothesis 3. A Social Development Specialty Track Will Emerge and Link Social Policies, Programs, a
• Hypothesis 4. Social Determinants of Health Across the Life Span Will Unite the Profession’s Knowl
• Conclusions
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 8 Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the De
• Introduction
• An Urban World-Why Fresh Thinking on Urban Housing Practice and Policy in Less Developed Regions Mat
• Planet of Slums-Why Poor Urban Housing Conditions Is Not All That Matters
• The Good and the Great-International Development Organizations, Alliances, and Campaigns
• The UN-Habitat Campaigns on Good Governance and Tenure
• Secure Title or an Entitlement to Security
• Civil Society, Not-for-Profits, and Others of the Same Ilk, But With a Different Perspective
• Project by Project Interventions
• Community-Based Housing Finance
• Contemporary Activities—Federations of the Poor and Alliances
• Partnerships—Maintaining the Status Quo or Challenging the State?
• Transnational Alliances and Exchanges
• Property for People or the Property of People: The Politics of Tenure
• Toward a Conclusion: The Challenge for Urban Housing Policy and Practice Lies in Asking the Right Qu
• The Poverty of Resources or the Resources of Poverty? Labor Markets, Urban Poverty, and Housing
• Means or Ends: Short- Versus Long-Term Housing Outcomes
• Benefits for Some or for All? National and International Goals
• In Conclusion: Property for People or the Property of People
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Notes
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 9 Child Welfare Policy
• A Brief History of Child Welfare Policy in the United States
• The Initial Involvement of the Federal Government
• The Impact of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974
• Foster Care Drift and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
• The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
• The Impact of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
• The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
• Applicable Supreme Court Rulings
• Family Preservation and Family Support Act
• The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of the Small Business
• Reassessment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and the Adoption and Safe Fami
• Foster Care Independence Act of 1999
• Conclusion
• Future Policy Issues
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• Notes
• References
• Chapter 10 Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Ca
• Introduction
• Religious and Faith-Based Organizations Providing Social Services: Charitable Choice
• Religiosity as a Predictor of Homophobia
• Practices That Could Lead to Discrimination and Limited Treatment Strategy Related to Substandard Ca
• Negative and Discriminatory Aspects of Abstinence-Only Prevention Programs to Gay Men
• Implications of Access to Care and Aversion to Sectarian Providers Among Gay Men
• Implications for Further Research and Policy Development
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Chapter 11 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy
• Introduction
• The Social Welfare State: A Legacy of the Industrial Era
• The Postindustrial Economy
• Employment in Postindustrial Society
• Impoverishment and Debt in the Postindustrial Era
• A New Welfare Agenda for the Global Economy
• A Welfare Agenda for the Changing Demographics of U.S. Families
• Everyone Should Pay a Fair Share
• The Need for New Labor Policies
• Health Care Reform
• Upgrading the Minimum Wage
• Portable Benefits Packages
• Conclusion
• Key Terms
• Review Questions for Critical Thinking
• Online Resources
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index