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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 | |