American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach (5th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Howard Karger, David Stoesz
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
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Pages: 544
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.9 x 1
ISBN: 0205401821
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.973
EAN: 9780205401826
ASIN: 0205401821
Publication Date: July 28, 2005
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Now featuring a color design, this best-selling text for policy analysis provides students with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues. Thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the impact of dramatic changes in social welfare policy, the fifth edition continues to focus on the examination of how the major sectors of social welfare policy - the voluntary, governmental, corporate, and corporate sectors - operate and co-exist (the "pluralist approach"), while also offering a clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis. Among the cutting edge issues covered in this edition are: technology and social welfare policy, the fringe economy, religion and social policy, the transformation of public assistance policy into labor policy, and the relationship between tax policy and social welfare policy. In the fifth edition, you will find a new chapter on Religion and Social Policy that examines the past and present relationship between religion and the creation and the implementation of social policy. The discrimination chapter now includes coverage of the minority middle class and a comprehensive examination of gay and lesbian marriage policies. This chapter also has an updated section on immigration policies since 9/11. Chapter 5, Poverty in America, now includes a section on the fringe economy and its impact on poverty, as well as a new section on Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and the digital divide. Chapter 8, Making of Governmental Policy, provides up-dates on special interests, lobbyists, and their influence on the 2004 election. Chapter 9, Tax Policy and Income Distribution, examines the impact of theBush tax cuts on social welfare policy. Chapter 11, Public Assistance Programs, includes updated information on public assistance programs, including an evaluation of the effects of welfare reform legislation and new changes to TANF. Chapter 16, Housing Policies, includes new material on obstacles to homeownership, such as predatory home mortgages, increases in housing prices, and racial and class discrimination.
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 Great shopping experience...definitely recommend this seller. February 13, 2008
This transaction was very easy. I ordered this book for a class I'm taking, and it arrived in time and as described.
 Never Received it September 20, 2007
The book was apparently out of stock when I ordered it, so I ended up having to buy the book for nearly $40 more at the bookstore a week later than I needed it.
Admin and Policy July 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great intro book into the world of social work policy. Easy to read but not dumbed down. Also contains a strong section on the history of social work...A+ for that!
 Text Book Written October 16, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is what you get. It is a scholarly text book written as a text book. It does what it needs to do and that is inform. It does not attempt to capture interest or make the reading enjoyable. Although, it is informative which that is its only motive.
Informative and concise May 25, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I read this book (in conjunction with other texts) for a graduate section of a Social Policies class, and was impressed with the ease both authors transformed the abstract and dry into something exciting and inspiring. No, social policy is not the most glamorous field for college students to enter, and unarguably the American system's shrinkage is going to pose severe problems in the next couple of years, but emotional and moral rewards of doing what is right make this venture worth it. Alternately, the authors balance this view with pragmatic political approaches that equip the reader with introductory strategies to hold off or even staunch further erosion of American social policy. The book by itself is enjoyable, but advanced classes should use the American Welfare State as a supplementary text for historical background.
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