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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Fifth Edition of The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them as they enter 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 text brings students up to date on the latest developments in 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 policy practice skills discusses analytical skills, interactional skills, and political skills.

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• Preface
• 1 The Policy-Based Profession
• The Target of Social Work--The Individual and Society
• The Social Function of Social Work
• The Dual Targets of Social Work
• The Dominance of Micropractice
• Social Work's Pursuit of Professional Status
• The Policy-Based Profession
• Expert Technique
• Professional Practice within an Organizational Context
• Summary and Practice Implications
• Policy Determines the Major Goals of Service
• Policy Determines Characteristics of Clientele
• Policy Determines Who Will Get Services
• Policy Specifies, or Restricts, Certain Options for Clients
• Policy Determines the Theoretical Focus of Services
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 2 Defining Social Welfare Policy
• Social Welfare Policy--Basic Definition
• Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy
• Social Welfare Policy and Social Policy
• Social Welfare Policy as an Academic Discipline and a Social Work Curriculum Area
• Social Workers Are Interested in Social Welfare Policy in All Sectors of the Economy
• The Multiple Levels of Social Welfare Policy
• Social Welfare Policy--A Working Definition
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part II Social Welfare Policy Analysis
• Policy Analysis Outline
• 3 Social Welfare Policy Analysis: Basic Concepts
• The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis
• Methods of Policy Analysis
• Descriptive Analysis
• Process Analysis
• Evaluation
• Policy Analysis Methods as Ideal Types
• Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 4 Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective
• Historical Context of Social Welfare Policies
• The Role of History in Understanding Policy
• Examples of Policy History
• Historical Analysis of Agency Policy
• Methods of Social Work History
• The Benton Park Crisis Center
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 5 Social/Economic Analysis
• Delineation of the Policy under Analysis
• Social Problem Analysis
• Facts Related to the Problem
• Completeness of Knowledge Related to the Problem
• Population Affected by the Problem
• Theory of Human Behavior Undergirding the Policy
• Social Values Related to the Problem
• Achievement and Success
• Activity and Work
• Moral Orientation
• Humanitarian Mores
• Efficiency and Practicality
• Progress
• Material Comfort
• Equality
• Freedom
• External Conformity
• Science and Secular Rationality
• Nationalism-Patriotism
• Democracy
• Individual Personality
• Racism, Sexism, and Related Group Superiority Themes
• Contradictions in the U.S. Value System
• Goals of the Policy under Analysis
• Hypotheses Underlying the Policy
• Economic Analysis
• Macroeconomic Analysis
• Opportunity Cost
• Effects on Individual Consumer Behavior
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 6 Politics and Social Welfare Policy
• The Politics of Policy Making
• Models of Policy Making
• Who Makes Policy?
• How Are Policies Made?
• Phases in the Policy Process
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part III The Framework Applied
• 7 Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
• Historical Analysis
• Recent Welfare Reform Efforts
• Social Analysis
• Problem Description
• Population
• Relevant Research
• Values and Welfare Reform
• Economic Analysis
• Macroeconomic Issues
• Microeconomic Analysis
• Evaluation
• Is TANF Succeeding?
• Conclusion
• American Values Related to Welfare Have Permanently Changed
• Welfare Is Not the Problem; Poverty Is the Problem
• Public Assistance Is a Social Condition, Not a Social Problem
• Selected Web Sites on Welfare Reform
• Notes
• 8 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
• Precedents of the Social Security Act
• Creation of the Social Security Act
• Changes in Social Security
• Contemporary Analysis of Social Security
• Social Analysis
• Political Analysis
• Economic Analysis and Proposals for Reform
• Pensions
• Conclusion
• Selected Web Sites on Social Security and Pensions
• Notes
• 9 Mental Health: Managed Care
• The Problem That Managed Mental Health Care Was Developed to Solve
• The Costs of Mental Health Care
• Incidence and Treatment of Mental Health Problems
• Managed Mental Health Care
• How Does Managed Mental Health Care Work?
• Managed Care in an Agency Setting
• Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector
• The History of Managed Care
• The Economics of Managed Care
• Social Analysis of Managed Care
• The Political Context of Managed Care
• Social Workers and Managed Care
• Influencing the System
• Interview with an Advocate
• Current Proposals for Policy Reform
• Conclusion
• Selected Web Sites on Mental Health and Managed Care
• Notes
• 10 Substance Abuse Policies
• The Problem of Substance Abuse
• The History of Substance Abuse Policies
• Social and Economic Analysis of Substance Abuse Policies
• Political Analysis
• Analysis of Two Policies: Drug Tests for Welfare Clients and Separation of Treatment for Those Who Are Dually Diagnosed
• Drug Tests for Welfare Clients
• Separation of Treatment for Those with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems
• Conclusion
• Selected Web Sites on Substance Abuse
• Notes
• 11 Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy
• Historical Analysis
• The Child Rescue Movement
• Social Work Takes Over
• Child Abuse Becomes the Dominant Theme
• Foster Care--From Solution to Problem
• The Emergence of Family Preservation
• Social Analysis
• Problem Description
• Political Analysis
• Economic Analysis
• Policy/Program Evaluation
• Current Proposals for Policy Reform
• Conclusion
• Selected Web Sites on Family Preservation
• Notes
• 12 Taking Action Policy Practice for Social Workers
• Analytical Skill âÇô Program Evaluation
• Interactional Skills âÇô Negotiation and Pursuasion
• Subprocesses of Negotiation
• Stages of Negotiation
• Strategy and Tactics of Negotiation
• Political Skills
• Building Coalitions
• Information Dissemination
• Lobbying
• Political Action for Candidate Electtion
• Running for Office
• Notes
• 13 Conclusion
• Lessons from Policy Analysis
• The Bottom Line Is the Bottom Line
• Compassion and Protection: Dual Motivations for Social Welfare Policy
• Ideology Drives Out Data in Social Welfare Policy Making
• Policymakers Are Generally More Sophisticated Than They Appear
• Our Expectations for Social Welfare Policy Are Unrealistic
• Taking Action--Policy Practice for Social Workers
• Program Evaluation
• Building Coalitions
• Information Dissemination
• Lobbying
• Political Action for Candidate Election
• Running for Office
• Notes
• Appendix Historical Policy Analysis Research
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Philip R. Popple , BS, University of North Texas; MSW, Washington University (St. Louis); Ph.D, Washington University (St. Louis). Dr. Popple has seven years social work practice experience as a child welfare worker, a program evaluator, child welfare training specialist, and training administrator. He began his academic career in 1976 and has served as an advanced standing program coordinator, a baccalaureate program director at two schools, a school director/chair at two schools, and is currently serving as Baccalaureate Program Director at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as Interim Dean in 2008/2009. Dr. Popple is co-author of three social work texts: Social Work, Social Welfare, and American Society , 8th ed., 2008 (with Leslie Leighninger); The Policy Based Profession, An Introduction to Policy Analysis for Social Workers, 5th ed., 2011; and Child Welfare Social Work: An Introduction , 2007 (with Francine Vecchiolla). He is currently under contract with Allyn & Bacon for a book to be titled Compassion and Protection: A History of Social Work and Social Welfare in the United States .

Leslie Leighninger is a Professor Emerita at the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. She has degrees from Oberlin College, Syracuse University, and the University of California Berkeley. She is the author of Social Work : Search for Identity, and Creating a New Profession: The Beginnings of Social Work Education in the United States. Her research specialty is social work and social welfare history. She was a Vice President of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work and the Council of Social Work Education.