Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice

IRA C. COLBY, DSW, is Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Texas. Dr. Colby has served on, chaired, or held elective positions in a number of national social work associations, including past president of the Council on Social Work Education, and serves on a number of journal editorial boards.CATHERINE N. DULMUS, PhD, LCSW, is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, and Research Director at Hillside Family of Agencies in Rochester, New York.KAREN M. SOWERS, PhD, is Dean and Beaman Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include juvenile justice, sexuality, social work education, child welfare, evidence–based practice, and international social work practice.

• Preface xiAbout the Editors xvContributors xviiChapter 1 Policy Practice 1Rodney A. EllisIntroduction 1Policy Practice 2Preparation of the Practitioner 6Assembling a Team 8Identification, Definition, and Legitimization of the Problem 9Selecting an Approach 11Conducting an Analysis 12Evaluating the Outcomes 18Conclusion 19Key Terms 19Review Questions for Critical Thinking 19Online Resources 19References 20Chapter 2 Social Welfare Policy and Politics 21Richard HoeferIntroduction 21Defining Social Welfare Policy 22Defining Politics 22Politics as Ideologies: Across the Spectrum of Right and Left 23Politics as Process: How to Have an Effect on Social Policy 31Conclusion 33Key Terms 33Review Questions for Critical Thinking 34Online Resources 34References 34Chapter 3 New Federalism, New Freedom, and States’ Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States 37King Davis and Hyejin JungIntroduction 37The Epidemiology and Burden of Mental Illness 38Unresolved Federalism in Mental Health Policy 43States’ Rights and Control of Mental Health Policy 48Federal Encroachment in State Mental Health Policy and Services 52The Declining Financial Health of State Governments: Implications for the Future of State Mental Health Policy 64Key Terms 70Review Questions for Critical Thinking 70Online Resources 71References 71Chapter 4 Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice 81Enid Opal CoxIntroduction 81The Political/Moral Economy Context of Aging Societies 83Changing Social Perceptions, Expectations, and Policies 85Overview of Selected Policy and Services 93Implications for Social Work Policy Practitioners 102Key Terms 106Review Questions for Critical Thinking 106Online Resources 106References 107Chapter 5 Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis 113Stephen French Gilson and Elizabeth DePoyIntroduction 113Explanatory Legitimacy Theory 114Looking Back 117Explanatory Legitimacy Theory Analysis of Policy Exemplars 123Conclusions 130Key Terms 131Review Questions for Critical Thinking 131Online Resources 131References 132Chapter 6 Health Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large? 135Pamela J. MillerIntroduction 135Needed Background 138Policy Topics 142Policies/Programs Worth Exploring 152Concluding Remarks and Future Directions 154Key Terms 155Review Questions for Critical Thinking 155Online Resources 155References 155Chapter 7 Social Determinants of Health: 21st-Century Social Work Priorities 159Gary RosenbergIntroduction 159Social Work at the End of the 19th Century 162Social Work in the 20th Century 163Conclusions 170Key Terms 171Review Questions for Critical Thinking 172Online Resources 172References 172Chapter 8 Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World 175Sunil KumarIntroduction 175AnUrbanWorld—WhyFreshThinkingonUrbanHousingPractice and Policy in Less Developed Regions Matters 177Planet of Slums—Why Poor Urban Housing Conditions Is Not All That Matters 180The Good and the Great—International Development Organizations, Alliances, and Campaigns 181Civil Society, Not-for-Profits, and Others of the Same Ilk, But With a Different Perspective 185Property for People or the Property of People: The Politics of Tenure 190Toward a Conclusion: The Challenge for Urban Housing Policy and Practice Lies in Asking the Right Questions 193In Conclusion: Property for People or the Property of People 197Key Terms 198Review Questions for Critical Thinking 198Online Resources 199Notes 199References 200Chapter 9 Child Welfare Policy 209Richard J. Gelles and Carol Wilson SpignerA Brief History of Child Welfare Policy in the United States 211The Initial Involvement of the Federal Government 214The Impact of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 215Foster Care Drift and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 219The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 221The Impact of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 222The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 222Applicable Supreme Court Rulings 223Family Preservation and Family Support Act 224The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of the Small Business Job Protection Act 225Reassessment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 227Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 229Conclusion 231Key Terms 232Review Questions for Critical Thinking 232Online Resources 233Notes 234References 234Chapter 10 Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males 239Christopher W. Blackwell and Sophia F. DziegielewskiIntroduction 239Religious and Faith-Based Organizations Providing Social Services: Charitable Choice 240Implications for Further Research and Policy Development 247Key Terms 248Review Questions for Critical Thinking 248Online Resources 248References 248Chapter 11 Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy 253Howard Karger and Peter A. KindleIntroduction 253The Social Welfare State: A Legacy of the Industrial Era 255The Postindustrial Economy 257Employment in Postindustrial Society 258Impoverishment and Debt in the Postindustrial Era 262A New Welfare Agenda for the Global Economy 265Conclusion 272Key Terms 274Review Questions for Critical Thinking 274Online Resources 274References 274Author Index 277Subject Index 283