The Welfare State and Social Work
Pursuing Social Justice
- Josefina Figueira-McDonough - Arizona State University, USA
July 2006 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This is a critical assessment of the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States.
Introduction
PART I. MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Ch 1: Justice as a Value in Social Work
Ch 2: Understanding Social Justice in Liberal Democracies
Ch 3: Evaluating Distributive Justice in the United States
PART II. INTERPRETING WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES: BEYOND EXCEPTIONALISM
Ch 4: The Fragile Roots of Welfare in the United States: From Colony to the Gilded Era
Ch 5: The Ambiguous Ancestry of Welfare and Social Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Ch 6: From the Aftermath of World War II to the Great Society
Ch 7: The Weakening of the Welfare State Gains Speed
Ch 8: The End of the Millennium and the Demise of Entitlement to Public Assistance
PART III. THE LESSER AMERICANS: HISTORICAL LEGACIES
Ch 9: Women and the Welfare State
Ch 10: Welfare Through the Color Lens
PART IV. CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS OF THE LIBERAL WELFARE STATE
Ch 11: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - I
Ch 12: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - II
Ch 13: Social Security and the Push Toward Privatization
PART V. CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS OF WELFARE STATES IN DEVELOPED NATIONS
Ch 14: Types of Welfare States, Different Outcomes, and Future Needs
Ch 15: The Future of Welfare State in Postindustrial Societies
PART VI. LOCATING AND COUNTERACTING SOURCES OF INJUSTICE
Ch 16: Framing Policy Practice
Ch 17: Policy Practice