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IN THIS SECTION:1.) BRIEF2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare PolicyChapter 1: Politics and the Policymaking ProcessChapter 2: Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare PolicyChapter 3: Politics and the History of Social Welfare PolicyChapter 4: Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore?Chapter 5: Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal ResponsibilityChapter 6: Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil RightsChapter 7: Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew ItChapter 8: Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured?Chapter 9: Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment policy Chapter 10: Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use DisordersChapter 11: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual OrientationChapter 12: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and ImmigrationConclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the future of Social Welfare Policy
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy Social Welfare Policy: A Political ApproachConclusion
Chapter 1: Politics and the Policymaking Process The Policymaking ProcessFinancing the Welfare StateSummary
Chapter 2: Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare Policy The Politics of Policy AnalysisThe Politics of Policy ImplementationEvaluating Social PolicySummary
Chapter 3: Politics and the History of Social Welfare Policy The Early History of Social Welfare Policy in AmericaThe Great Depression and FDR’s New DealLBJ and the War on PovertyMore Expansion of Social WelfareThe Reagan and Bush YearsThe Presidential Years of Bill ClintonThe George W. Bush PresidencyBarack Obama’s Presidency: Year OneSummary
Chapter 4: Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore? What Is Poverty?Why Are the Poor, Poor?The Politics of HungerThe Politics of Affordable HousingPoor and Homeless: Not Invisible Any MoreA Fundamental ShiftSummary
Chapter 5: Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility Preventing Poverty through Compulsory SavingsSocial Security: The World’s Largest Social Welfare ProgramSocial Security’s Goals: Adequacy, Equity, and EfficiencySaving Social SecurityPublic Policy and Private PensionsUnemployment InsuranceWorkers’ CompensationSummary
Chapter 6: Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil Rights A Fair Definition, A Fair PolicyPublic Assistance for the “Deserving Poor”Veterans Administration Disability SystemDisability and WorkThe Era of Civil Rights for Individuals with DisabilitiesDisability Policy for ChildrenDisability Policy for the FutureSummary
Chapter 7: Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew It From Mothers’ Aid to AFDCMaking Parents Pay: A History of Child Support EnforcementBenefits of Child SupportChild Support Enforcement Agency’s ServicesEffectiveness of Child Support EnforcementState Compliance and CSE PrivatizationThe Reincarnations of Welfare and WorkWhy the Fuss about Welfare?Has Welfare as We Knew It Ended?Summary
Chapter 8: Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured? Healthcare: Crossroads of Politics and Social Welfare PolicyGood Health or Medical Attention?How Americans Pay for HealthcareWhat Ails Healthcare?Incrementalism and the 2009—2010 Effort for Universal HealthcareMeanwhile, Back at the StatesHealthcare: More Ethical DilemmasSummary
Chapter 9: Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment Policy Education for the Few or the Many?Public Education: The Progressive Era to World War IIThe Post World War II Era: Increased Federal Involvement in EducationWas Thirty Years of Education Reform Necessary?Education and the Obama AdministrationFederal Reluctance in Employment PolicyReluctance Overcome: The New DealThe War on Poverty: The Search for a CureMinimum Wages and Living WagesEconomic Crisis and the Obama Stimulus PlanSummary
Chapter 10: Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders Social Services in the United StatesChild Welfare Policy and ServicesSocial Services for Older AmericansSocial Services for Individuals with Mental and Substance Use DisordersSummary
Chapter 11: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual Orientation The Feminization of PovertyThe Wage Gap and Comparable WorthWomen in Political OfficeResuscitating the Equal Rights AmendmentFamily CareNo Middle Ground on Abortion RightsConfronting Violence against WomenA New Era for Gay RightsSummary
Chapter 12: The Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Racial Equality: How Far Have We Come?The Civil Rights ActsSchool DesegregationHousing and Racial DiscriminationAffirmative ActionVoting RightsTroubles in Indian CountryRacial and Ethnic TargetingImmigration and Social WelfareSummary
Conclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the Future of Social Welfare Policy
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