Foundations of Social Policy

by Barusch, Amanda S.

• ISBN13: 9780875814476
• ISBN10: 0875814476
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Reflecting the emerging consensus that views social justice as a primary mission of the social work profession, this new text for courses in social policy explicitly addresses the questions and dilemmas inherent in the pursuit of social justice. Organized in four parts, the book begins by presenting a framework for analyzing policies and programs in terms of social justice and examines social justice from several philosophical perspectives. The second part focuses on poverty, health care, and mental illness and addiction. Part III introduces theories of oppression and explores the challenges faced by populations that have faced oppression. Policy practice and the future of social work are addressed in Part IV.

Author Biography

Amanda Smith Barusch, Ph.D., is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City

Table of Contents

Part I: POLICY ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS

Introduction

Social Justice Defined

. Social Justice and Social Workers

2. The Government's Role

3. The Social Security Act

Part II: COLLECTIVE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Introduction

Mobilizing Factors

4. Poverty and Income Support

5. Health Care

6. Mental Illness and Addiction

Part III: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Introduction

Discrimination and Oppression

7. Children

8. Women

9. The Elderly

10. Racial and Ethnic Minorities

11. Gays and Lesbians

Part IV: POLICY PRACTICE AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION

Introduction

Cycles of Liberation

12. Policy Practice

13. The Future of Social Welfare and Social Work