Part I: Social Welfare Policy and the Social Work Profession
Chapter 1: The Policy Based Profession
The Target of Social Work - The Individual and Society
Social Work's Pursuit of Professional Status
The Policy-Based Profession
Summary and Practice Implications
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 2: Defining Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy - Basic Definition
Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy
Social Welfare Policy - A Working Definition
Conclusion
Notes
Part II: Social Welfare Policy Analysis
Chapter 3: Social Welfare Policy Analysis: Basic Concepts
The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis
Methods of Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 4: Policy Analysis from a Historical Perspective
Historical Context of Social Welfare Politics
Methods of Policy History
The Benton Park Crisis Center
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5: Social/Economic Analysis
Delineation of the Policy under Analysis
Social Problem Analysis
Facts Related to the Problem
Theory of Human Behavior Undergirding the Policy
Social Values Related to the Problem
Goals of the Policy under Analysis
Hypotheses Underlying the Policy
Economic Analysis
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 6: Politics and Social Welfare Policy
The Politics of Policy Making
Models of Policy Making
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 7: Fighting Poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Economic Analysis
Evaluation
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Welfare Reform
Notes
Chapter 8: Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement
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
Contemporary Analysis of Social Security
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Social Security and Pensions
Notes
Chapter 9: Mental Health: Managed Care
The Problem That Managed Mental Health Care Was Developed to Solve
Managed Mental Health Care
The History of Managed Mental Care
The Economics of Managed Care
Social Analysis of Managed Care
The Political Context of Managed Care
Social Workers and Managed Care
Influencing the System
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Mental Health and Managed Care
Notes
Chapter 10: Substance Abuse Policies
The Problem of Substance Abuse
The History of Substance Abuse Policies
Social and Economic Analysis of Substance Abuse Policies
Political Analysis
Analysis of Two Policies: Drug Tests for Welfare Clients and Separation of Treatment for Those Who Are Dually
Diagnosed
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Substance Abuse
Notes
Chapter 11: Child Welfare: Family Preservation Policy
Historical Analysis
Social Analysis
Political Analysis
Economic Analysis
Policy/Program Evaluation
Current Proposals for Policy Reform
Conclusion
Selected Web Sites on Family Preservation
Notes
Chapter 12: Conclusion
Lessons from Policy Analysis
Taking Action -- Policy Practice for Social Workers
Notes
Appendix A: Library Research for Practitioner Policy Analysis by Lynn Tobola, M.L.S., Social Work Librarian, University of Alabama.
Appendix B: Historical Policy Analysis Research
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