Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Policy Practice -- Introduction -- Policy Practice -- Preparation of the Practitioner -- Assembling a Team -- Identification, Definition, and Legitimization of the Problem -- Selecting an Approach -- Conducting an Analysis -- Information About the History and Current Status of the Problem and Policy -- Identification of the Norms and Values of the Voting Public -- Recognition of the Political Alliances That Will Support or Oppose the Proposal -- Review of the Current System of Agencies That Compose the Service Delivery System -- Generation of an Alternative Solution or Alternative Solutions -- Collection or Production of Appropriate Professional Analyses -- Examination of Potential Unintended Consequences -- Selection of an Alternative or Alternatives -- Action Planning -- Evaluating the Outcomes -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 2 Social Welfare Policy and Politics -- Introduction -- Defining Social Welfare Policy -- Defining Politics -- Politics as Process -- Politics as Ideologies: Across the Spectrum of Right and Left -- Libertarians (Neoconservatism) -- Conservatism -- Centrism -- Liberalism -- Social Democracy and Labor Parties -- Socialism -- Politics as Process: How to Have an Effect on Social Policy -- Getting Involved -- Understanding the Issue -- Planning Advocacy -- Advocating -- Evaluating Advocacy -- Ongoing Monitoring -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 3 New Federalism, New Freedom, and States' Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States -- Introduction -- The Epidemiology and Burden of Mental Illness.

Unresolved Federalism in Mental Health Policy -- States' Rights and Control of Mental Health Policy -- Federal Encroachment in State Mental Health Policy and Services -- National Mental Health Acts/Public Laws -- Increases in Federal Financing -- Presidential Commissions and Involvement in Mental Health Policy in the United States -- Federal Lawsuits and Judicial Cases Against the States -- The Declining Financial Health of State Governments: Implications for the Future of State Mental Health Policy -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 4 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice -- Introduction -- The Political/Moral Economy Context of Aging Societies -- Changing Social Perceptions, Expectations, and Policies -- Medicalization of Aging -- Older Adults, Status, Roles, and Resources -- Changing Perceptions of Older Adults and Social Welfare -- Ageism and Age Discrimination -- Recognition of Diversity in the Aging Population -- Potential Role of Technology -- Overview of Selected Policy and Services -- Income Issues in Late Life and Related Policies -- Employment Issues -- Health Policy Issues -- Housing Policy Issues -- Transportation Issues -- Common Policy Directions -- Title XX Services -- Characteristics of the Health and Social Service Delivery Systems -- Implications for Social Work Policy Practitioners -- Key Directions for a Policy Practice Agenda -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 5 Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis -- Introduction -- Explanatory Legitimacy Theory -- Description -- Explanation -- Legitimacy -- Looking Back -- Explanatory Legitimacy Theory Analysis of Policy Exemplars.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) -- Conclusions -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 6 Health Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large? -- Introduction -- Needed Background -- The Uninsured/Underinsured -- Health Disparities -- Policy Topics -- Radiation Exposure Compensation Act -- Medicare Part D -- Patient Self-Determination Act and the Medicare Hospice Benefit -- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act -- Women's Reproductive Health -- End-Stage Renal Disease Program (ESRD) -- Policies/Programs Worth Exploring -- Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 7 Social Determinants of Health: 21st-Century Social Work Priorities -- Introduction -- Social Work at the End of the 19th Century -- Social Work in the 20th Century -- Hypothesis 1. The Profession of Social Work Will Continue to Emphasize Methodological Individualism in Practice, Education, and Research -- Hypothesis 2. Social Work Will Align Itself With Public Health Efforts, Particularly in a Global Context -- Hypothesis 3. A Social Development Specialty Track Will Emerge and Link Social Policies, Programs, and Economic Development -- Hypothesis 4. Social Determinants of Health Across the Life Span Will Unite the Profession's Knowledge Base With Economic and Political Factors and Moral and Existential Values -- Conclusions -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 8 Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World -- Introduction -- An Urban World-Why Fresh Thinking on Urban Housing Practice and Policy in Less Developed Regions Matters -- Planet of Slums-Why Poor Urban Housing Conditions Is Not All That Matters.

The Good and the Great-International Development Organizations, Alliances, and Campaigns -- The UN-Habitat Campaigns on Good Governance and Tenure -- Secure Title or an Entitlement to Security -- Civil Society, Not-for-Profits, and Others of the Same Ilk, But With a Different Perspective -- Project by Project Interventions -- Community-Based Housing Finance -- Contemporary Activities-Federations of the Poor and Alliances -- Partnerships-Maintaining the Status Quo or Challenging the State? -- Transnational Alliances and Exchanges -- Property for People or the Property of People: The Politics of Tenure -- Toward a Conclusion: The Challenge for Urban Housing Policy and Practice Lies in Asking the Right Questions -- The Poverty of Resources or the Resources of Poverty? Labor Markets, Urban Poverty, and Housing -- Means or Ends: Short- Versus Long-Term Housing Outcomes -- Benefits for Some or for All? National and International Goals -- In Conclusion: Property for People or the Property of People -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Notes -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 9 Child Welfare Policy -- A Brief History of Child Welfare Policy in the United States -- The Initial Involvement of the Federal Government -- The Impact of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 -- Foster Care Drift and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 -- The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 -- The Impact of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 -- The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 -- Applicable Supreme Court Rulings -- Family Preservation and Family Support Act -- The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of the Small Business Job Protection Act.

Reassessment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 -- Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 -- Conclusion -- Future Policy Issues -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males -- Introduction -- Religious and Faith-Based Organizations Providing Social Services: Charitable Choice -- Religiosity as a Predictor of Homophobia -- Practices That Could Lead to Discrimination and Limited Treatment Strategy Related to Substandard Care -- Negative and Discriminatory Aspects of Abstinence-Only Prevention Programs to Gay Men -- Implications of Access to Care and Aversion to Sectarian Providers Among Gay Men -- Implications for Further Research and Policy Development -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 11 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy -- Introduction -- The Social Welfare State: A Legacy of the Industrial Era -- The Postindustrial Economy -- Employment in Postindustrial Society -- Impoverishment and Debt in the Postindustrial Era -- A New Welfare Agenda for the Global Economy -- A Welfare Agenda for the Changing Demographics of U.S. Families -- Everyone Should Pay a Fair Share -- The Need for New Labor Policies -- Health Care Reform -- Upgrading the Minimum Wage -- Portable Benefits Packages -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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