The Reluctant Welfare State: Engaging History to Advance Social Work Practice in Contemporary Society – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9781337565639,1337565636

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0840034407
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0840034403
Author: Bruce S. Jansson

Written in clear, lively prose this highly respected book analyzes the evolution of the American welfare state from colonial times to present. Social welfare policy connects to an empowerment perspective, showing how African Americans, Latinos, women, gays and lesbians, Asian Americans, Native Americans, the elderly, poor people, and other vulnerable populations, as well as social reformers, have achieved progressive reforms through policy advocacy illustrating how a deep understanding of the past can impact present and future actions.

Table contents:

Part 1. Becoming a policy advocate for vulnerable populations

The symbiotic and uneasy relationship: clients, social workers, and the welfare state

Making the American welfare state more human-past, present, and future

Part 2. Social policy in a developing nation

Fashioning a new society in the wilderness

Part 3. Social policy during a transition to an industrial nation

Social welfare polity in the 19th century: 1789-1902

Social reform in the Progressive Era

Part 4. Social policy in a relatively liberal era

Social policy to address the worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

The era of federal social services: The new frontier and the Great Society

The paradoxical era: 1968-1980

Part 5. Social policy in the period of conservative backlash

The conservative counterrevolution in the era of Reagan and G.H.W. Bush

Part 6. The period of gridlock and extreme inequality

Reluctance illustrated: Policy uncertainty during the presidency of Bill Clinton

George W. Bush’s quest for realignment

Would President Barack Obama reverse the cycle of history?

President Donald Trump: Populist or conservative?

Why has the American welfare state been reluctant-and what can we do about it?

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The Reluctant Welfare State: Engaging History to Advance Social Work Practice in Contemporary Society 9th Edition Bruce S. Jansson – eBook PDF

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