Social Policy and Social Change: Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice / Edition 2

by Jillian A. Jimenez, Eileen Mayers Pasztor, Ruth M. Chambers, Cheryl Pearlman Fujii

Overview

The Second Edition of Social Policy and Social Change is a timely examination of the field, unique in its inclusion of both a historical analysis of problems and policy and an exploration of how capitalism and the market economy have contributed to them. The New Edition of this seminal text examines issues of discrimination, health care, housing, income, and child welfare and considers the policies that strive to improve them. With a focus on how domestic social policies can be transformed to promote social justice for all groups, Jimenez et al. consider the impact of globalization in the United States while addressing developing concerns now emerging in the global village.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452268330
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/11/2014
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	520
Sales rank:	980,698
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The late Jillian Jimenez held a Ph D in American History and a Ph D in social work, both from Brandeis University, in Waltham, MA. She received her MA in literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her MSW from San Diego State University. She taught American history at both Pitzer College, in Claremont, CA, and the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the California State University School, then Department, of Social Work, where she taught social policy and research in the MSW program. She was he editor of Reflections, a peer-reviewed journal of narratives. She won numerous awards, including a Graves fellowship for teaching excellence, and a Silberman grant for research on the history of African American grandmothers. Her first book, Changing Faces of Madness, explored treatment of mentally disordered persons in the colonial period. Dr. Jimenez published widely on the intersection of history and policy in the areas of mental health, child welfare, HIV and AIDS, and social welfare. She lived and worked with her beloved husband, Dan Jimenez, to whom she dedicated the first edition of this book. Dr. Jimenez passed away suddenly and sadly in fall 2009. She is missed by all who loved and valued her.

Eileen Mayers Pasztor has a BA from Stanford University, a MSW from The Ohio State University, and DSW from The Catholic University of America. She has served as a public agency child welfare caseworker and supervisor, curriculum developer and trainer, and foster and adoptive parent. Prior to joining the faculty at California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Pasztor worked for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), directing its national programs for family foster care, kinship care, and adoption. She is a principal designer and developer of resources for the development and support of foster and adoptive parents as partners in child protection, such as the PRIDE Model of Practice and the Collaborating With Kinship Caregivers Model of Practice, published by CWLA and used across the country and internationally. At CSULB, she teaches MSW courses in administration, child welfare, social welfare, and thesis advisement. Dr. Pasztor has published a book and journal articles on foster parenting and kinship care, and she guest edited a special 2011 issue of the Journal of Public Child Welfare on advocacy and public relations. She has received a number of local and national awards for her curriculum development and advocacy work. Dr. Pasztor has trained thousands of child welfare professionals and caregivers, delivered hundreds of keynote addresses and workshops domestically and overseas, and given numerous television, radio, and newspaper interviews, with advocacy always as a central theme.

Ruth M. Chambers, Ph D, LCSW, is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. Her specialty areas are child welfare, service delivery, service integration, and policy practice. Her primary research focuses on the child welfare system where she uses mixed methods to examine child neglect, poverty, services, and family outcomes. Dr. Chambers has conducted numerous research studies; published a book and several articles; and presented at national and international conferences, workshops, and community agencies on these topics. Prior to obtaining her Ph D, she was a social worker who specialized in children, youth, and families and worked in a variety of settings such as residential treatment, community organizations, and public agencies for over 20 years. Dr. Chambers currently teaches bachelor’s level courses in direct practice and policy analysis, and master’s level courses in social welfare policy, policy practice, and thesis advisement. She also provides consultation to various advocacy groups, public agencies, and children’s rights organizations throughout the United States. She received her MSW degree from San Diego State University in 1989 and a Ph D in social work from the University of Denver in 2006.

Cheryl Pearlman Fujii received a BA degree from Wellesley College, with a double major in anthropology and sociology. She also holds an MPA degree with a concentration in urban planning from California State University, Fullerton. She worked in the Boston University Development Office managing day-to-day operations for the Telefund Campaign, and for the City of Lakewood in both the public information and finance department, where she gained experience ranging from writing for cable television to insurance claims administration. In 1995, Ms. Fujii became the founding administrator of the University of California, Berkeley, California Social Work Education Center’s California Child Welfare Resource Library. Located at CSULB, the library serves California’s county public child welfare offices, schools of graduate social work education, and regional training academies. Ms. Fujii’s expertise is multifold: selecting cutting-edge materials for the collection; providing individualized consultations for faculty and students; editing Cal SWEC curricula for publication; creating and maintaining the library website; managing the budget; and serving as a resource on state, national, and international levels.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Social Construction of Social Problems and Social Policies
A Theory of Social Problems and Social Policies
Organization of the Book
Social Workers and Social Policy Change
Social Justice
Constituencies for Social Change
Chapter 2: The Nature of Social Policy
The Identification of Social Problems
Social Policies in the United States
Social Welfare Policies
Political Philosophies in the United States
Policy Analysis as a Tool for Social Justice
Overview of Social Welfare Policies in the United States
Chapter 3: The Social Work Profession and Social Justice
Intellectual Antecedents of Social Work
The Origins of the Social Work Profession
Charity Organization Societies
Settlement House Movement
Accomplishments of Early Social Workers
Social Work and the End of Reform
Social Work and the New Deal
The Rank and File Movement
Social Work in the Post-World War II Era
Social Work and the War on Poverty
Social Work in the 1980s and 1990s
Social Work in the New Millennium
Chapter 4: Historical Values Influencing Social Problems and Social Policies
Values, Beliefs, and Ideologies
Chapter 5: The Market Economy and Social Justice
Tasks of the Economic System
Market Capitalism and Adam Smith
Supply, Demand, and the Price System
The Labor Market
Dual Labor Market
Poverty and Inequality
Taxes and Inequality
Tax Expenditures
Public Benefit, Private Profit
Social Costs and Externalities
Social Policies Designed to Ameliorate Social Costs of the Market Economy
Chapter 6: Oppression and Social Justice in the United States
Race and Racism
The Racial Contract
Aversive Racism
Whiteness
Essentialism
Native Americans
African Americans
Latinos
Asian Americans
Poverty and Discrimination
Gender Discrimination
LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons
Persons Considered Disabled
Social Movements Among Ethnic Groups and Women
Chapter 7: Income Support Policies and Social Justice
English Legacy: The Elizabethan Poor Laws
Aid to Women and Dependent Children
Mothers’ Pensions and ADC
Social Security and ADC: The First Welfare System
ADC/AFDC
Attitudes Toward Women on Welfare
Ending Welfare as We Knew It: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
Missed Opportunities of TANF
Social Security
Veterans’ Pensions, Survivors’ Benefits, and Disability Insurance
The Future of Social Security
Comparison of Social Security and TANF
Chapter 8: Housing and Social Justice
The Face of Homelessness
History of Homelessness in the United States
The Problem of Affordable Housing
Recommendations for New Housing Policies
Chapter 9: Child Welfare: Issues of Social and Economic Justice
Child Protection Interventions in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Early Child Welfare: Private Efforts
Early Child Welfare: Public Endeavors
Children of Color in the Child Welfare System
Major Federal Child Welfare Policies
Race/Ethnicity, Economics, and Child Maltreatment
Kinship Care
Family Foster Care
Chapter 10: Health, Mental Health, and Social Justice
Health and Mental Health Care: Supply and Demand
History of Beliefs and Values Regarding Health Care
Health Disparities Between Ethnic Groups: The Impact of Discrimination
Health Care in the United States: Public-Private Mix
Mental Health Policies and Mental Illness: The Economic and Social Justice Issues of Risk and Response
Implications for Social Work
Chapter 11: Social Justice in the 21st Century
Economic Impacts of Globalization
Human Rights and Globalization
Post 9/11 and the Rise of Progressivism