The Reluctant Welfare State: Engaging History to Advance Social Work Practice in Contemporary Society / Edition 6

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Overview

Written in clear, lively prose by one of the foremost scholars in the area of social welfare, THE RELUCTANT WELFARE STATE: ENGAGING HISTORY TO ADVANCE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, Sixth Edition, places social policy into political, cultural, and societal context. Using social policy history as a catalyst, Dr. Jansson analyzes the evolution of American welfare and invites you to think critically about issues, developments, and policies in prior eras and in contemporary society, to help you develop your own "policy identity."

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780495507147
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
  • Publication date: 2/20/2008
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 6
  • Pages: 612
  • Product dimensions: 7.50 (w) x 9.25 (h) x 1.16 (d)

Meet the Author

Bruce S. Jansson joined the University of Southern California faculty in 1973 after working in Michigan as a community organizer and planner for tenant rights. He also has served as the Moses Distinguished Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His diverse scholarly interests include empirical research to examine the policy making and planning processes in social agencies; the procurement of resources for social service agencies; the monitoring function of public agencies; and the history and practice of social welfare policy. Dr. Jansson is the author of another Brooks/Cole text, THE RELUCTANT WELFARE STATE.

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Table of Contents

1. THE SYMBIOTIC AND UNEASY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIENTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND THE WELFARE STATE. 2. MAKING THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE MORE HUMANE, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. 3. FASHIONING A NEW SOCIETY IN THE WILDERNESS. 4. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC: 1789-1860. 5. LOST OPPORTUNITIES: THE FRONTIER, THE CIVIL WAR, AND INDUSTRIALIZATION. 6. SOCIAL REFORM IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. 7. SOCIAL POLICY TO ADDRESS THE WORST ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE IN U.S. HISTORY. 8. THE ERA OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SERVICES: THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE GREAT SOCIETY. 9. THE PARADOXICAL ERA: 1968-1980. 10. THE CONSERVATIVE COUNTERREVOLUTION IN THE ERA OF REAGAN AND BUSH, SR. 11. RELUCTANCE ILLUSTRATED: POLICY UNCERTAINTY DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. 12. BUSH'S QUEST FOR REALIGNMENT. 13. WHY HAS THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE BEEN RELUCTANT—AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? 14. USING KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE TO IMPROVE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

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