This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really workà â â and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. It offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system.
This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really workà â â and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. It offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface Introduction 1. The U.S. Constitution Is Undemocratic 2. Our Representative Institutions Are Not Representative 3. We're Terrible at Conducting Elections 4. We Are Exceptional-but Not in a Good Way 5. Most of Us Will Be Poor and on Welfare 6. Everything Is Political 7. Conservatism Is Not Conservative and Some of Us Are More Polarized Than Others 8. Cruel and Unjust Policies Serve a Purpose for Someone 9. Where You Can Go Depends on Where You've Been 10. Look at What's Not Happening 11. People Learn Lessons About Their Value from Their Interactions with Government Agencies 12. The People Who Benefit Most from Government Are Most Likely to Claim They Don't Benefit at All 13. People Like Lice and Cockroaches Better Than Congress 14. The Thing They Say About Making Sausage Is True 15. Presidents Are Weak and Command Too Much of Our Attention 16. It Really Is the Economy, Stupid 17. Judges Are Players, Not Umpires 18. People Aren't Dumb but They Sure Are Ignorant 19. There Is No Public 20. There Is No View from Nowhere 21. You Will Not Change Anyone's Mind 22. Social Work Is Conservative 23. Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything Conclusion: We Can Do Better. There Are Solutions. References Index
Preface Introduction 1. The U.S. Constitution Is Undemocratic 2. Our Representative Institutions Are Not Representative 3. We're Terrible at Conducting Elections 4. We Are Exceptional-but Not in a Good Way 5. Most of Us Will Be Poor and on Welfare 6. Everything Is Political 7. Conservatism Is Not Conservative and Some of Us Are More Polarized Than Others 8. Cruel and Unjust Policies Serve a Purpose for Someone 9. Where You Can Go Depends on Where You've Been 10. Look at What's Not Happening 11. People Learn Lessons About Their Value from Their Interactions with Government Agencies 12. The People Who Benefit Most from Government Are Most Likely to Claim They Don't Benefit at All 13. People Like Lice and Cockroaches Better Than Congress 14. The Thing They Say About Making Sausage Is True 15. Presidents Are Weak and Command Too Much of Our Attention 16. It Really Is the Economy, Stupid 17. Judges Are Players, Not Umpires 18. People Aren't Dumb but They Sure Are Ignorant 19. There Is No Public 20. There Is No View from Nowhere 21. You Will Not Change Anyone's Mind 22. Social Work Is Conservative 23. Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything Conclusion: We Can Do Better. There Are Solutions. References Index
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