Social Policy and Social Justice / John L. Jackson Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson Jr., John L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to translate the highest ideals into workable programs that better people's lives. In this election year, as Americans debate issues like immigration, crime, mass incarceration, policing, and welfare reform, and express concerns over increasing inequality, tax policy, and divisions by race, sex, and class, "SP2," as the school is colloquially known, offers its expertise in addressing the pressing matters of our day. The practical solutions on offer in this volume showcase the judgment and commitment of the school's scholars and practitioners, working to change politics from blood sport to common undertakings.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction: It's Not Just Social Policy, It's Social Justice

Chapter 1. Ending Homelessness Now

Chapter 2. Mass Incarceration: What's at Stake and What to Do

Chapter 3. Social Workers or the Social Work Bureaucracy?

Chapter 4. Substance Use, Incarceration, and Homelessness: Mapping and Navigating Intersecting Risk Environments

Chapter 5. Foster Care, Then Where? Why Independent Living Is Getting It All Wrong

Chapter 6. The Reality of Urban Food Deserts and What Low-Income Food Shoppers Need

Chapter 7. What Do You Do? Ideas About Transforming "Work" in the United States

Chapter 8. Forced Mental Health Treatment Will Not Prevent Violent Tragedies

Chapter 9. Beyond the Good Guy Versus Bad Guy Worldview: Improving the Gun Policy Debate

Chapter 10. Child Welfare and Poverty: The American Paradox

Chapter 11. Transforming Education: Toward Thinking Comprehensively About Education

Chapter 12. From Poverty to Well-Being: New Tools for Addressing Concentrated Disadvantage

List of Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017)

ISBN:

9781512821475

1512821470

OCLC:

979634690