Katherine S. van Wormer, Rosemary J. Link

Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future

The U.S. in Global Context

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Produktbeschreibung

Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future by Katherine S. van Wormer and Rosemary J. Link goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies-including child welfare,

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 834g
• ISBN-13: 9781452240312
• ISBN-10: 1452240310
• Artikelnr.: 40032466

Autorenporträt

Katherine S. van Wormer, MSSW, PhD, is professor of social work at the University of Northern Iowa. Her PhD is in sociology from the University of Georgia. Uniquely in the 1960s, van Wormer participated in two civil rights movements-one in North Carolina and one in Northern Ireland, where she taught English for several years. In the late 1980s, she moved to Norway for two years to practice alcoholism counseling. Dr. van Wormer has authored or co-authored over 20 books and 60 articles. Among the recent books she has authored or co-authored are Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and the Murder-Suicides (2009, Praeger); Working with Female Offenders: A Gender-Sensitive Approach, (2010, Wiley & Sons); two volumes of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro and Macro Levels, Second Edition (2011, Oxford University Press); and Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective, Third Edition (2012, Cengage). Her most recent books are Restorative Justice Today (2012, SAGE) and Women and the Criminal Justice System, Fourth Edition (2014, Pearson). Dr. van Wormer and her co-author have done numerous speaking engagements related to their 2012 book, The Maid Narratives: African American Domestic Workers and their Employers in the Jim Crow South (LSU Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Foundations of Social Welfare Policy
1. Social Work and Social Policy: A Sustainability Framework
Definitions and Standards
The Welfare State in the Face of Challenges
Challenges to Social Welfare: Power, Exploitation, and Unintended
Consequences
Social Welfare Policy and Social Work
2. Historical Foundations of Social Welfare Policy
Feudalism and the Rise of Capitalism
The American Experience: "Exceptionalism" and Its Discontents
The Civil War and Its Aftermath
The Progressive Era (1900 to World War I)
The Mid-20th Century: The Great Depression, the New Deal, and Beyond
The Backlash: Late 20th Century and the Modern Era
3. Purpose and Structure of Social Welfare Policy
The Religious Underpinnings of Social Welfare
The Practical Application of Values
American Exceptionalism and the Corporation
4. Environmental Sustainability and the Social Work Profession
A Brief Eco History
The Planet in Crisis: The Scope of Environmental Loss and Damage
Food, Water, and Population Growth
Modern Agriculture and the Loss of Biodiversity
The Promise of Social Work
Social Welfare Policy Considerations
5. Poverty and Inequality by Suzanne McDevitt
Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century
Defining and Measuring Poverty
6. Minority Groups and the Impact of Oppression
Oppression
Systemic Examples of Oppression
Progress and Backlash
Culturally Competent Social Work Practice
Part II. Policies to Meet Human Needs
7. Child Welfare
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
The CRC in Practice
8. Sustainable Health Care Policies
History of U.S. Health Care Reform
The Affordable Care Act
Disability Policy
Global Perspectives on Health Policy
9. Mental Health Care Policy
Mental Health Issues: Definitions and Challenges
Historical Views of Mental Health and Illness
Social Aspects of Mental Illness
Social Programs for Better Mental Health
Trauma and the Social Work Response
10. Sustainable Policy for Older Adults by Christina L. Erickson
Aging Worldwide: An Overview
The Development of Programs for Older Americans
Older Adults in Society
Housing and Long-Term Care
Sustainable Policy for Older Adults: An Intergenerational Approach
11. Human Rights
Immediate Threats to Human Rights: War and Guns
The United Nations and Universal Human Rights
The Role of Social Work in Human Rights
12. Sustainability Policy Analysis and Policy Practice
Defining Policy Analysis
How Are Social Policies Made?
Sustainability and Policy
Progressive Policy Analysis for a Sustainable Future
From Policy Analysis to Policy Practice
Ethical Issues Relevant to Social Change Efforts
Drawing on Our Social Work Imagination
Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Appendix B: Relevant Internet Sites
Index
About the Authors
About the Contributors