The Policy-Based Profession An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers, Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card

by Popple, Philip R.; Leighninger, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780205920754
• ISBN10: 0205920756
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-07-03
• Publisher: Pearson

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Connects social policy and the everyday practice of social work.

 

The sixth edition of The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with 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 title brings students up to date on the latest developments in social work practice. Areas covered include: 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. A new chapter  on health care reform discusses the economic impact of the Affordable Care Act.

 

This title is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, designed to guide students in becoming skilled at the Council on Social Work's core competencies. Each chapter reflects and integrates the latest CSWE competency standards (EPAS). End-of-chapter assessment reinforces this integration.

 

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Author Biography

Philip R. Popple is Professor and BSW Director at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. His MSW and Ph.D. are both from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of three social work texts, and and editior of two. He has numerous publications in social work journals and presentations at professional conferences. His practice experience is in child welfare, public welfare administration and planning, and staff development. He is currently researching and writing a book on the history of social work and social welfare with a focus on the development of social work practice.

 

Leslie Leighninger is Professor Emeritus and former director of the School of Social Work at Arizonal State University. She earned her MSW at the State University of New York and her Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley. She is the author of four books including the highly praised Social Work: Search for Identity. In addition she has published numerous journal articles and presentations.

Table of Contents

In This Section:

    I)     Brief Table of Contents

    II)    Detailed Table of Contents

 

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I) Brief Table of Contents

 

PART I: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION

Chapter 1. The Policy-Based Profession 

Chapter 2. Defining Social Welfare Policy 

 

PART II: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ANALYSIS

Chapter 3. Social Welfare Policy Analysis 

Chapter 4. Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective 

Chapter 5. Social/Economic Analysis 

 

PART III: THE FRAMEWORK APPLIED

Chapter 6. Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

Chapter 7. Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement 

Chapter 8. Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

Chapter 9. Health Care Reform

Chapter 10. Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy 

 

PART IV: TAKING ACTION

Chapter 11. Politics and Social Welfare Policy

Chapter 12.  Policy Practice for Social Workers 

Chapter 13. Conclusion 

 

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II) Detailed 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 

 

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 

 

PART II: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ANALYSIS

Policy Analysis Outline

 

Chapter 3. Social Welfare Policy Analysis 

The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis 

Methods of Policy Analysis 

Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics 

 

Chapter 4. Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective 

Historical Context of Social Welfare Policies 

Methods of Policy History 

The Benton Park Crisis Center 

 

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 

Effects on Individual Consumer Behavior 

 

PART III: THE FRAMEWORK APPLIED

 

Chapter 6. Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

Historical Analysis 

Social Analysis 

Economic Analysis 

Evaluation 

Conclusion 

Selected Websites on Welfare Reform 

 

Chapter 7. 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 

End of Life

Conclusion 

Selected Websites on Social Security and Pensions 

 

Chapter 8. Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

The Problem of Mental Illness

The Problem of Substance Abuse

The History of Mental Health Policy

Political Analysis

Economic Analysis

Separation of Treatment for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Emerging Policy Issues

 

Chapter 9. Health Care Reform

The Problem that Health Policy was Developed to Solve

The Proposed Solution: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

History of Health Care Policies

Social Analysis of Health Care Policy

Economic Analysis of Health Policy

Political Analysis of Health Policy

Program/Policy Evaluation

 

Chapter 10. Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy 

Historical Analysis 

Social Analysis 

Political Analysis 

Economic Analysis 

Policy/Program Evaluation 

Current Proposals for Policy Reform 

Conclusion 

Selected Websites on Family Preservation 

 

PART IV: TAKING ACTION

 

Chapter 11. Politics and Social Welfare Policy

The Politics of Policy Making

Models of Policy Making

 

Chapter 12.  Policy Practice for Social Workers 

Analytical Skill: Program Evaluation 

Interactional Skills: Negotiation and Persuasion 

Political Skills 

 

Chapter 13. Conclusion 

Lessons from Policy Analysis