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Connects social policy and the everyday practice of social work.
The sixth edition of The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with 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 title brings students up to date on the latest developments in social work practice. Areas covered include: 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 health care reform discusses the economic impact of the Affordable Care Act.
This title is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, designed to guide students in becoming skilled at the Council on Social Work's core competencies. Each chapter reflects and integrates the latest CSWE competency standards (EPAS). End-of-chapter assessment reinforces this integration.
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Table of Contents:
In This Section:
I) Brief Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Table of Contents
PART I: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
Chapter 1. The Policy-Based Profession
Chapter 2. Defining Social Welfare Policy
PART II: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ANALYSIS
Chapter 3. Social Welfare Policy Analysis
Chapter 4. Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective
Chapter 5. Social/Economic Analysis
PART III: THE FRAMEWORK APPLIED
Chapter 6. Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Chapter 7. Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement
Chapter 8. Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Chapter 9. Health Care Reform
Chapter 10. Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy
PART IV: TAKING ACTION
Chapter 11. Politics and Social Welfare Policy
Chapter 12. Policy Practice for Social Workers
Chapter 13. Conclusion
II) Detailed Table of Contents
PART I: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
Chapter 1. The Policy-Based Profession
The Target of Social Work—The Individual and Society
Social Work’s Pursuit of Professional Status
The Policy-Based Profession
Summary and Practice Implications
Chapter 2. Defining Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy—Basic Definition
Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy—A Working Definition
PART II: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ANALYSIS
Policy Analysis Outline
Chapter 3. Social Welfare Policy Analysis
The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis
Methods of Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics
Chapter 4. Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective
Historical Context of Social Welfare Policies
Methods of Policy History
The Benton Park Crisis Center
Chapter 5. Social/Economic Analysis
Delineation of the Policy under Analysis
Social Problem Analysis
Facts Related to the Problem
Theory of Human Behavior Undergirding the Policy
Social Values Related to the Problem
Goals of the Policy under Analysis
Hypotheses Underlying the Policy
Economic Analysis
Effects on Individual Consumer Behavior
PART III: THE FRAMEWORK APPLIED
Chapter 6. Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Economic Analysis
Evaluation
Conclusion
Selected Websites on Welfare Reform
Chapter 7. 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
Contemporary Analysis of Social Security
End of Life
Conclusion
Selected Websites on Social Security and Pensions
Chapter 8. Mental Health and Substance Abuse
The Problem of Mental Illness
The Problem of Substance Abuse
The History of Mental Health Policy
Political Analysis
Economic Analysis
Separation of Treatment for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Emerging Policy Issues
Chapter 9. Health Care Reform
The Problem that Health Policy was Developed to Solve
The Proposed Solution: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
History of Health Care Policies
Social Analysis of Health Care Policy
Economic Analysis of Health Policy
Political Analysis of Health Policy
Program/Policy Evaluation
Chapter 10. Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Political Analysis
Economic Analysis
Policy/Program Evaluation
Current Proposals for Policy Reform
Conclusion
Selected Websites on Family Preservation
PART IV: TAKING ACTION
Chapter 11. Politics and Social Welfare Policy
The Politics of Policy Making
Models of Policy Making
Chapter 12. Policy Practice for Social Workers
Analytical Skill: Program Evaluation
Interactional Skills: Negotiation and Persuasion
Political Skills
Chapter 13. Conclusion
Lessons from Policy Analysis
About the Author :
Philip R. Popple is Professor and BSW Director at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. His MSW and Ph.D. are both from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of three social work texts, and and editior of two. He has numerous publications in social work journals and presentations at professional conferences. His practice experience is in child welfare, public welfare administration and planning, and staff development. He is currently researching and writing a book on the history of social work and social welfare with a focus on the development of social work practice.
Leslie Leighninger is Professor Emeritus and former director of the School of Social Work at Arizonal State University. She earned her MSW at the State University of New York and her Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley. She is the author of four books including the highly praised Social Work: Search for Identity. In addition she has published numerous journal articles and presentations.
