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Limited time offer. Got it. Customer service. TextbookRush info. This shorter chapter focuses on rational and political approaches to understanding social welfare policy and policymaking. A boxed illustration "Special Tips for the Legislative Process" focuses on ideas for policy practice. Focuses on stages and issues in the policymaking process, including political ideology and the influence of special interests, and financing the welfare state federal, state, and local taxes , including who pays and who benefits.
Illustrations include: top contributors to Republican and Democratic candidates; one PAC's criteria for supporting candidates; campaign finance reform; where the federal budget comes from and where it goes; and changing policy through grassroots action another policy practice tool.
Emphasizes that politics affects even the technical aspects of policy analysis, implementation, and evaluation. Provides a model of policy analysis and examples of policy implementation and policy evaluation.
Covers the major periods in U. Also discusses sources of welfare expansion. Illustrations include "The Revolution No One Noticed," including a figure illustrating social welfare and defense spending, and an illustration on the controversies over federalism in social welfare. Raises the question of whether Americans have come to accept the current level of poverty in the United States.
Illustrations highlight the extent and depth of poverty and income inequality in the United States, describe the Self-Sufficiency Standard as an alternative to the federal poverty measure, what it takes to qualify for SNAP, and contrast the experiences of Barbara Ehrenreich and Adam Shepard in "making it" in America. Discusses the major social insurance programs: Social Security Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance , unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation and the political controversies surrounding these programs.
Considers whether Social Security is equitable for women, people of different racial and ethnic groups, and members of different generations, and a number of approaches to making Social Security solvent for the future and for modernizing unemployment insurance and workers' compensation.
Discusses the Supplemental Security Income SSI Program and its controversies, including the disability determination process and case backlog; conflicting goals of public assistance and rehabilitation and work programs; and controversies in civil rights legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and its amendments.
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Description Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, Seventh Edition, emphasizes the current political aspects of policymaking and major social welfare programs, including public assistance, Social Security, disability, health insurance, and much more. To begin building your custom text, visit www. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text—publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content.
New to This Edition. Reordering of chapters policy analysis and evaluation are addressed early in the book. Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy Instructors have asked for a shorter introductory chapter.
This shorter chapter focuses on rational and political approaches to understanding social welfare policy and policymaking. Focuses on stages and issues in the policymaking process, including political ideology and the influence of special interests, and financing the welfare state federal, state, and local taxes , including who pays and who benefits. Emphasizes that politics affects even the technical aspects of policy analysis, implementation, and evaluation.
Provides a model of policy analysis and examples of policy implementation and policy evaluation. Includes controversies in policy implementation that had disastrous results during and following hurricane Katrina, and controversies in the evaluations of social welfare programs, especially Head Start and D. Covers the major periods in U. Also discusses sources of welfare expansion. This chapter has been a favorite of many instructors.
Presents six different approaches to defining poverty deprivation, inequality, lack of human capital, culture, exploitation, structure and approaches to addressing poverty based on these definitions. Fast shipping and order satisfaction guaranteed. A portion of your purchase benefits charities, First Aid and Fire Stations!. Used - Softcover Condition: good. Condition: good. The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight.
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