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| Policy Practice: the Hidden Side of Social Work | |
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| Evolution of Social Welfare Legislation in the U.S. | |
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| the Role of 'Values' in the Political Arena | |
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| Social Workers in Action: the Six Stages of the Policy Change Process | |
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| When Wearing Buttons Isn't Enough | |
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| Health Care Policies and Programs | |
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| Mental Health Advocacy Mental illness | |
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| From Civil Rights to Immigrant Rights | |
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| Child Welfare and Children's Rights | |
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| the Controversy over End-of-Life Policies | |
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| Using the Judicial System to affect change | |
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| the Politics of Economics | |
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| A look to the future | |
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| Policy Practice: the Hidden Side of Social Work | |
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| Social work's commitment to social justice | |
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| The debate between the micro changers and the macro changers | |
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| Has social work abandoned its mission of social justice? | |
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| Are social workers adequately prepared for policy work? | |
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| Is all social work political? | |
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| What exactly is policy practice? | |
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| Social welfare policy | |
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| Are social workers active enough politically? | |
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| Being the voice of the voiceless | |
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| Can all problems be solved with legislation? | |
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| Work settings for social workers engaged in policy practice | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Evolution of Social Welfare Legislation in the U.S. | |
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| The Settlement House Movement (late 1800s) | |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) New Deal | |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty | |
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| The Rise of Conservatism and the Decline of Social Responsibility | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| the Role of 'Values' in the Political Arena | |
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| It's all about values | |
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| American values | |
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| Political ideology | |
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| Why can't liberals and conservatives get along? | |
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| Religion & politics | |
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| Neo-liberalism | |
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| Think Tanks | |
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| Political Parties in the U.S. | |
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| The tea party movement | |
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| Occupy Wall Street | |
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| Are all social workers liberal? | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Social Workers in Action: the Six Stages of the Policy Change Process | |
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| Who makes policy in the U.S.? | |
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| Policy making settings in the U.S. | |
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| Civics 101: Levels and branches of government | |
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| The Federal government | |
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| State government | |
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| Local government | |
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| Six stages of the policy change process | |
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| Problem definition stage | |
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| Agenda setting | |
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| Policy formulation | |
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| Passage of the policy | |
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| Policy implementation | |
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| Evaluating the policy change | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| When Wearing Buttons Isn't Enough | |
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| Opportunities for Social Work Students | |
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| Volunteering your time | |
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| Join an Organization | |
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| Influencing Legislation | |
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| Fundraising | |
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| How Do I Find the Time to Volunteer? | |
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| Career options in the political arena | |
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| Executive Director of an Advocacy Organization | |
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| Policy Staff (related titles: Policy Director/Policy Associate/Policy Analyst) | |
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| Public Affairs Director or Public Affairs Staff | |
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| Lobbyist (contract vs. on-staff) | |
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| Legislative Staff | |
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| Consider Running for Office | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Health Care Policies and Programs | |
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| What is the problem? | |
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| Overview of major government funded healthcare programs in the U.S. | |
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| What is single-payer health care? | |
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| The mad as hell doctors tour | |
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| Heath insurance reform under President Obama | |
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| The conservative response to health care reform ("obamaCare") | |
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| The patient protection and affordable care act | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Mental Health Advocacy Mental illness | |
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| Timeline of mental health advocacy in the U.S. | |
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| Mental health parity | |
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| How the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici mental health parity and addiction equality act was passed into law | |
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| Phase i: first parity law in passed (small step forward) | |
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| Phase ii: stagnation due to political opposition from the Republican Party | |
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| Phase iii: true parity is finally achieved | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| From Civil Rights to Immigrant Rights | |
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| Laws and court cases outlawing discrimination | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Illegal immigration | |
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| Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform | |
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| Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform | |
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| What now? | |
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| Arizona's support our law enforcement and safe neighborhoods act (SB 1070) | |
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| What is the dream act? | |
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| Who supports the dream act? | |
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| Who opposes the dream act? | |
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| What strategies have been used to get it passed into law? | |
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| Papers, stories of undocumented youth (the movie) | |
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| What is the current status of the dream act? | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Child Welfare and Children's Rights | |
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| Child maltreatment in the U.S. | |
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| Child welfare legislation | |
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| What is the un convention on the rights of the child? | |
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| International human rights treaties | |
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| The controversy over the CRC in the United States | |
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| What is the problem that the CRC is addressing? | |
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| Poverty & Hunger | |
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| Child Abuse & Neglect | |
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| Infant mortality | |
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| Health | |
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| Why has the U.S. failed to ratify the CRC? | |
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| The emergence of the campaign for the ratification of the CRC | |
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| What is the current status of the U.N. CRC in the U.S.? | |
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| Case example: social work students at pacific university Oregon. Think globally, act locally | |
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| State level child welfare advocacy efforts | |
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| Educational stability of foster youth | |
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| Supporting relative caregivers of children in foster care | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearch Lab Connections | |
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| the Controversy over End-of-Life Policies | |
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| Policies affecting older adults | |
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| The social security program | |
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| End-of-life policies | |
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| The death with dignity act | |
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| What was the impetus behind the death with dignity act? | |
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| What is the death with dignity act? | |
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| The controversy over the death with dignity act | |
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| How the death with dignity act became law | |
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| Oregon's death with dignity act | |
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| Washington state's death with dignity act | |
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| How the act was passed | |
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| A coalition is formed | |
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| Official campaign is launched | |
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| the Death with Dignity Act is certified for the ballot | |
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| Money is raised | |
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| Allies lend their support and endorse the Campaign | |
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| Media campaign & the importance of framing the issue | |
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| The opposition | |
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| Next steps for the death with dignity movement | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| Using the Judicial System to affect change | |
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| Social work & legal practice | |
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| Disability advocates versus the state of New York | |
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| The fight over marriage equality in California (proposition 8) | |
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| Children's rights: working to reform the nation's failing child welfare systems | |
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| NASW legal defense fund | |
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| Jaffee v Redmond (1996) | |
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| In re Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G. | |
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| Graham v. Florida (2010) | |
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| Kennedy v Louisiana (2008) | |
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| Overview of the U.S. judicial system | |
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| Federal judiciary | |
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| The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals | |
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| The Federal District Courts | |
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| State Supreme Courts, state appeals courts, state courts | |
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| The United States Supreme Court | |
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| State Supreme Courts | |
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| State Court of Appeals | |
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| State Trial Courts and Specialty Courts | |
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| Final thoughts | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| the Politics of Economics | |
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| Political economy | |
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| Revenues ("taxes 101") | |
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| Progressive versus regressive taxation | |
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| Taxes---who carries the burden? | |
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| Spending | |
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| Funding for federal programs | |
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| Why is the U.S. government in debt? | |
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| State budgets | |
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| American excpetionalism or welfare exceptionalism? | |
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| Policies that promote poverty reduction | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |
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| A look to the future | |
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| Hot button political issues on the horizon of interest to social work | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Older adults and aging | |
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| Equal rights for LGBT individuals | |
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| Returning veterans | |
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| Poverty & income inequality | |
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| The welfare of children | |
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| Reforming government so that it operates in the interest of the people | |
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| Getting government to invest in the social work profession | |
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| What are the biggest problems facing the social work profession? | |
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| Overview of the social work reinvestment act (SWRA) | |
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| What strategies have been used by the answer coalition to pass the SWRA? | |
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| What have been the biggest barriers to passage of the SWRA? | |
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| All social work is political | |
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| Practice Test | |
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| MySearchLab Connections | |