The policy-based profession : an introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers
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The policy-based profession : an introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers
Pearson Education, c2008
4th ed
- : hrd
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This social welfare policy text, written specifically for use within the field of social work, shows students the crucial connection between social policy and the everyday practice of social work.
The Fourth Edition of The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them as they enter a career in social work. It offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters on historical policy analysis, social/economic analysis, and political analysis. This text brings students up to date on the latest developments in welfare reform, mental health managed care, the campaign to restructure Social Security, reactions to current immigration issues, current threats to workers' pensions, program and policy responses to the problems of substance abuse, and the use of family preservation as an approach to child protection.
Table of Contents
Part I: Social Welfare Policy and the Social Work Profession
Chapter 1: The Policy Based Profession
The Target of Social Work - The Individual and Society
Social Work's Pursuit of Professional Status
The Policy-Based Profession
Summary and Practice Implications
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 2: Defining Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy - Basic Definition
Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy - A Working Definition
Conclusion
Notes
Part II: Social Welfare Policy Analysis
Chapter 3: Social Welfare Policy Analysis: Basic Concepts
The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis
Methods of Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 4: Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective
Historical Context of Social Welfare Politics
Methods of Policy History
The Benton Park Crisis Center
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5: Social/Economic Analysis
Delineation of the Policy under Analysis
Social Problem Analysis
Facts Related to the Problem
Theory of Human Behavior Undergirding the Policy
Social Values Related to the Problem
Goals of the Policy under Analysis
Hypotheses Underlying the Policy
Economic Analysis
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 6: Politics and Social Welfare Policy
The Politics of Policy Making
Models of Policy Making
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 7: Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Economic Analysis
Evaluation
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Welfare Reform
Notes
Chapter 8: Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement
The Problem That Social Security Was Developed to Solve
The Social Security Act of 1935
Historical Development of Social Security Programs in the United States
Contemporary Analysis of Social Security
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Social Security and Pensions
Notes
Chapter 9: Mental Health: Managed Care
The Problem That Managed Mental Health Care Was Developed to Solve
Managed Mental Health Care
The History of Managed Mental Care
The Economics of Managed Care
Social Analysis of Managed Care
The Political Context of Managed Care
Social Workers and Managed Care
Influencing the System
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Mental Health and Managed Care
Notes
Chapter 10: Substance Abuse Policies
The Problem of Substance Abuse
The History of Substance Abuse Policies
Social and Economic Analysis of Substance Abuse Policies
Political Analysis
Analysis of Two Policies: Drug Tests for Welfare Clients and Separation of Treatment for Those Who Are Dually
Diagnosed
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Substance Abuse
Notes
Chapter 11: Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Political Analysis
Economic Analysis
Policy/Program Evaluation
Current Proposals for Policy Reform
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Family Preservation
Notes
Chapter 12: Conclusion
Lessons from Policy Analysis
Taking Action -- Policy Practice for Social Workers
Notes
Appendix A: Library Research for Practitioner Policy Analysis by Lynn Tobola, M.L.S., Social Work Librarian, University of Alabama.
Appendix B: Historical Policy Analysis Research
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"