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The handbook of social policy / [edited by] James Midgley, Michelle Livermore.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- Social service--United States.
- Social service.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 606 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., [2009]
- Summary:
- Social policy is a continuously evolving field requiring constant review, documentation, and analysis. The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now-substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulated since the study of social policy first emerged as an organized field of academic endeavor about 50 years ago. The Second Edition offers an improved, streamlined format to make the book more consistent with the way most instructors teach their courses. This text is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to a vast field that has, over the years, made a significant difference in the lives and the well-being of the people of the United States.
- Contents:
- Preface / James Midgley and Michelle Livermore
- Introduction: social policy and social welfare
- The nature of social policy
- The definition of social policy / James Midgley
- An overview of American social policy / Diana M. DiNitto
- Economic dimensions of social policy / Jane Waldfogel
- Policy analysis / Bruce Jansson
- Policy practice and advocacy / Rick Hoefer
- The impact of social policy / Pranab Chatterjee and Diwakar Vadapalli
- The history of social policy
- Social policy from colonial times to the Civil War / Phyllis J. Day
- Social policy and the Progressive Era / John M. Herrick
- Social policy and the New Deal / Robert Leighninger and Leslie Leighninger
- Social policy and the Great Society / Michael Reisch
- Social policy: Reagan and beyond / David Stoesz
- The political economy of social policy
- The institutional approach to social policy / James Midgley
- Conservative approaches to social policy / Leon Ginsberg
- Critical social policy / Demetrius S. Iatridis
- Welfare pluralism and social policy / Neil Gilbert
- Feminist approaches to social policy / Cheryl Hyde
- Race, politics, and social policy / Lori Parham, Jill Quadagno, and Jordan Brown
- The social development perspective in social policy / James Midgley and Michael Sherraden
- Social policy and the physical environment / Marie D. Hoff and John G. McNutt
- Social policy and the social services
- Child and family welfare policies and services / Kathy Briar-Lawson, Toni Naccarato, and Jeanette Drews
- Income maintenance and support: the changing face of welfare / Jill Duerr Berrick
- Social security / Martha Ozawa
- Social policy and the elderly / Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Valentine Villa
- Social policy and health care / Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
- Housing policy / Kevin Fox Gotham and James D. Wright
- Social policies and mental health / James W. Callicut
- Social policies for people with disabilities / Elizabeth Lightfoot
- Social policy and the correctional system / Margaret Severson
- Employment policy and social welfare / Michelle Livermore and Younghee Lim
- Education and social policy / Susan Stone
- Urban development policy / Robert Waste
- Conclusion: international and future perspectives of social policy
- International aspects of social policy / Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn
- The future of social policy / James Midgley and Michelle Livermore
- Index
- About the editors
- About the contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781412950763
- 1412950767
- 9781412950770
- 1412950775
- OCLC:
- 191258416
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