An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers 7th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134794297

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The Policy-Based Profession: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers 7th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134794297

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson; 7th edition (March 2, 2018)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• 368 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 013479429X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134794297

Help students connect social policy to the everyday practice of social work.

The Policy-Based Profession provides students with a process for analyzing policies that will help them with their careers in social work. It offers a detailed foundation for policy analysis, including chapters on historical, economic, and social policy analysis. Students then learn to apply the analysis framework to representative policies and issues in the fields of public welfare, aging, mental health, substance abuse, health, child welfare, and immigration.

Correlated with the most recent Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Competencies, the 7th Edition includes the most recent research, theories, and political developments impacting the field. An entirely new chapter on immigration policy highlights this critical social justice issue, the health chapter delves into recent happenings in health care reform, and the mental health chapter includes material on the opioid epidemic and returning veterans.

Table of Contents:

Preface

New to This Edition

Brief Contents

Contents

Part One Social Welfare Policy and the Social Work Profession

1 The Policy-Based Profession

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Target of Social Work—The Individual and Society

The Social Function of Social Work

The Dual Targets of Social Work

The Dominance of Micropractice

The Individual Is the Most Immediate Target for Change

The Conservative Nature of U.S. Society

Professionalization

Social Work’s Pursuit of Professional Status

The Policy-Based Profession

Expert Technique

Professional Practice within an Organizational Context

Social Work as a Policy-Based Profession: Practice Implications

Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Competencies

Policy Practice as a Social Worker Role

The Importance of Understanding Social Welfare Policy for the Direct-Practice Social Worker

Policy Determines the Major Goals of Service

Policy Determines Characteristics of Clientele

Policy Determines Who Will Get Services

Policy Specifies, or Restricts, Certain Options for Clients

Policy Determines the Theoretical Focus of Services

Conclusion

2 Defining Social Welfare Policy

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Social Welfare Policy—Basic Definition

Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy

Social Welfare or Social Well-Being?

Social Welfare Policy and Social Policy

Social Welfare Policy as an Academic Discipline and a Social Work Curriculum Area

Social Workers Are Interested in Social Welfare Policy in All Sectors of the Economy

The Multiple Levels of Social Welfare Policy

Macrolevel Policy

Mezzolevel Policy

Microlevel Policy

Social Welfare Policy—A Working Definition

Conclusion

Part Two Social Welfare Policy Analysis

Policy Analysis Outline

3 Social Welfare Policy Analysis

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis

Methods of Policy Analysis

Descriptive Analysis

Content Analysis

Choice Analysis

Bases of allocations

Types of benefits

Delivery structure

Financing benefits

Comparative Analysis

Historical Analysis

Process Analysis

Evaluation

Logical Evaluation

Quantitative Evaluation

Ethical Evaluation

Policy Analysis Methods as Ideal Types

Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics

Conclusion

4 Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Historical Context of Social Welfare Policies

The Role of History in Understanding Policy

Examples of Policy History

Colonial Poor Relief

The Use of Orphan Asylums

Policies for Those with Handicaps

Historical Analysis and Policy Practice

Methods of Policy History

The Benton Park Crisis Center

Conclusion

5 Social/Economic Analysis

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Delineation of the Policy Under Analysis

Social Problem Analysis

Facts Related to the Problem

Completeness of Knowledge Related to the Problem

Population Affected by the Problem

Theory of Human Behavior Undergirding the Policy

Social Values Related to the Problem

Achievement and Success

Activity and Work

Moral Orientation

Humanitarian Mores

Efficiency and Practicality

Progress

Material Comfort

Equality

Freedom

External Conformity

Science and Secular Rationality

Nationalism-Patriotism

Democracy

Individual Personality

Racism, Sexism, and Related Group Superiority Themes

Contradictions in the U.S. Value System

Goals of the Policy Under Analysis

Hypotheses Underlying the Policy

Economic Analysis

Macroeconomic Analysis

Opportunity Cost

Effects on Individual Consumer Behavior

Conclusion

Part Three The Framework Applied

6 Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Historical Analysis

Social Service Strategies

Institutional Strategies

Human Capital Strategies

Job Creation and Subsidization Strategies

Child Support Strategies

The Effort to Reform Welfare

Social Analysis

Problem Description

Population

Size

Cost

Race

Family Size

Mothers’ Marital Status

Age of Mothers

Education

Length of Time on Welfare (Spells)

The onion metaphor

TANF time limits

Relevant Research

Values and Welfare Reform

The United States as the Land of Opportunity

Individualism

Work

The Traditional Nuclear Family

Humanitarianism

Sense of Community

Economic Analysis

Macroeconomic Issues

How Much Does Public Assistance Actually Cost?

Is the Cost of Public Assistance Growing?

Prospects for Employment of Welfare Recipients

Microeconomic Analysis

Is Public Assistance a Work Disincentive?

Economic Survival Strategies of Welfare Recipients

The Effects of Public Assistance on Family Structure

Evaluation

Is TANF Succeeding?

TANF and the Welfare Rolls

TANF and the Quality of Life of the Poor

Wages of former recipients

Does TANF increase labor force participation?

Are adequate support services available?

Welfare reform and the well-being of children

Problems facing the TANF program

TANF caseloads are not reaching the “inner core of the onion”

Welfare reform has been in a virtuous cycle

Conclusion

American Values Related to Welfare have Permanently Changed

Welfare is not the Problem; Poverty is the Problem

Public Assistance is a Social Condition, Not a Social Problem

7 Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

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

Precedents of the Social Security Act

Creation of the Social Security Act

Changes in Social Security

Contemporary Analysis of Social Security

Social Analysis

Political Analysis

Economic Analysis and Proposals for Reform

The Older Americans Act

Pensions

End of Life

Conclusion

8 Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Problem of Mental Illness

The Problem of Substance Abuse

The History of Substance Abuse Policies

History of Mental Health Policy

Social Analysis

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Political Analysis

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Drug Testing

Economic Analysis

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Separation of Treatment for Those with Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Emerging Policy Issues

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–5 (DSM5)

Autism and Vaccination

Mental Health in Cyberspace

The Mental Health of Veterans

Gun Violence and Mental Health

Opioid Epidemic

Conclusion

9 Health

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Problem That Health Policy Was Developed to Solve

The Proposed Solution: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Access

Costs

History of Health Care Policies

Social Analysis of Health Policy

Economic Analysis of Health Policy

Hospitals

Drugs

Insurance

Physicians

State Governments

Political Analysis of Health Policy

Program/Policy Evaluation

Conclusion

10 Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Historical Analysis

The Child Rescue Movement

Social Work Takes Over

Child Abuse Becomes the Dominant Theme

Foster Care—From Solution to Problem

The Emergence of Family Preservation

Social Analysis

Problem Description

Descriptive Data

Relevant Research

Is Family Preservation Policy in Accord with Research Findings?

Major Social Values Related to Family Preservation

Family Preservation Goals

Hypotheses

Political Analysis

Economic Analysis

Policy/Program Evaluation

Current Proposals for Policy Reform

Conclusion

11 Immigration

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Problems That Immigration Policy Is Attempting to Solve

Historical Analysis

Front Door

Side Door

Back Door

The DREAM Act

Current Immigration Process

Social Analysis

Crime

Terrorism

Cultural Insecurity

Economic Analysis

Jobs

Public Resources

Political Analysis

The Current Policy Arena

The Wall

The Ban

Deportation

Conclusion

Part Four Taking Action

12 Politics and Social Welfare Policy

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

The Politics of Policymaking

Models of Policymaking

Who Makes Policy?

Pluralism

Public Choice Theory

Elitist Model

Neo-Elitist Model

How Are Policies Made?

Rational Decision Making

Incrementalism

Conflict Theory

Phases in the Policy Process

Problem Definition and Agenda Setting

Legitimation

Policy Implementation

Conclusion

13 Taking Action: Policy Practice for Social Workers

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Analytical Skill: Program Evaluation

Interactional Skills: Negotiation and Persuasion

Subprocesses of Negotiation

Distributive Bargaining

Integrative Bargaining

Attitudinal Structuring

Intraorganizational Bargaining

Stages of Negotiation

The Preconference Stage

The Conference Stage

The Postconference Stage

Strategy and Tactics in Negotiation

Preconference Strategies

Conference Strategies

Postconference Strategies

Political Skills

Building Coalitions

Information Dissemination

Lobbying

Political Action for Candidate Election

Running for Office

Conclusion

14 Conclusion

Learning Outcomes

Chapter Outline

Lessons From Policy Analysis

The Bottom Line Is the Bottom Line

Compassion and Protection: Dual Motivations for Social Welfare Policy

Ideology Drives Out Data in Social Welfare Policymaking

Policymakers Are Generally More Sophisticated Than They Appear

Our Expectations for Social Welfare Policy Are Unrealistic

Lower Your Expectations—Expect Change to Cost Much More than Predicted

Creaming Is Okay

Don’t Expect to Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel

Don’t Allow the Best to Defeat the Good

Be Multifaceted but Not Holistic

References

Index

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