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| Preface | |
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| Policy Analysis: Frameworks and Tools | |
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| Social Justice and Social Workers | |
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| Social Justice Defined | |
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| Social Justice: Themes for "Micro" Practice | |
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| Social Workers and Social Justice | |
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| Summary: Social Justice Concepts | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| The Government's Role | |
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| Philosophical Perspectives and Contemporary Politics | |
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| Levels of Government | |
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| Branches of Government | |
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| Privatization: Ending the "Era of Big Government"? | |
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| The U.S. Tax System: A Brief Introduction | |
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| Summary: The Role of Goernment in Pursuit of Social Justice | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Policy Analysis and Policy Practice | |
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| What Is Policy Practice? | |
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| Research for Policy Practice: Assessment and Analysis | |
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| Policy Analysis | |
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| Advocacy Skills | |
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| Preparing, Composing, and Delivering Arguments | |
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| Negotiation and Compromise | |
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| Use of Relationship | |
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| Building and Maintaining Coalitions | |
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| Empowerment in Policy Practice | |
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| Ethical Issues in Policy Practice | |
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| Characteristics of Ethical Persuasion | |
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| Legal Considerations in Policy Practice | |
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| Summary: Question the Inevitable and Challenge the Invincible | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Collective Responses to Social Problems | |
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| Predicting Collective Action | |
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| Social Problem Analysis | |
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| About Part II | |
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| The Social Security Act | |
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| Social Insurance in Western Europe | |
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| Social Security in the United States | |
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| Old-Age and Survivors Insurance for Workers | |
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| Unemployment Insurance | |
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| Disability Insurance | |
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| Medical Insurance | |
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| Means-Tested Programs under the Social Security Act | |
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| Health and Social Services | |
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| A Tool for Social Justice: The Philosophies of Social Security in the United States | |
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| Summary: Social Security Programs | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercises | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Poverty | |
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| Defining Poverty | |
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| Critiques of the Poverty Threshold | |
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| Values and Beliefs about Poverty and the Poor | |
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| Public Interventions to Prevent or Alleviate Poverty | |
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| Programs for America's Poor | |
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| Summary of Attitudes and Interventions | |
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| The Realties of Poverty in the Contemporary United States | |
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| Summary: What Does the Future Hold for America's Poor? | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Physical Illness | |
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| History of Public Health Interventions in the United States | |
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| Federal Health Agencies | |
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| Federal Financing of Health Care | |
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| Growth of the "Health Industry" | |
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| Public Health Investments and Returns | |
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| Vulnerable Groups in an Affluent Nation | |
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| Modern Epidemics and Global Government | |
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| Fundamental Dilemmas in U.S. Health Care Policy | |
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| Health Care Reform Proposals | |
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| Social Work Roles in Health Care Policy | |
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| Summary: Health Care Issues in the United States | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Mental Illness | |
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| Defining Mental Illness | |
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| Values and Beliefs about Mental Illness | |
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| Historical Development of Interventions for Mental Illness | |
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| Mental Illness in the United States Today | |
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| Summary: Mental Health Interventions and Issues | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Disability | |
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| Defining Disability | |
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| A Brief History of Policies Affecting People with Disabilities | |
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| Current Realities Affecting People with Disabilities | |
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| Summary: An Emerging Agenda | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Vulnerable Populations: Discrimination and Oppression | |
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| People of Color | |
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| Defining Race and Ethnicity | |
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| Theories about Racism | |
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| The Role of Government: Racism and Public Policy | |
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| People of Color in the United States: A Historical Overview | |
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| Policies Affecting People of Color | |
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| Summary: Future Prospects | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Individuals | |
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| Defining Homosexuality | |
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| Legal Issues Affecting Gays and Lesbians | |
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| Discrimination by Organizations and Employers | |
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| Antigay Violence and Hate Crime Legislation | |
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| HIV/AIDS and Social Policy | |
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| Transgendered Individuals | |
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| Social Workers, Social Justice, and Gay Rights | |
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| Summary: Current and Future Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Individuals | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Children | |
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| Changing Conceptions of Childhood: From "Little Men" to "Future Citizens" | |
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| Children as Assets | |
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| Children as Students | |
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| Children as Victims | |
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| Children as Villains | |
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| Policy Practice in Child Welfare: The Role of Social Workers | |
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| Summary: The Current Outlook for America's Children | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercises | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Women | |
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| Women as Wives and Mothers | |
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| Women as Workers | |
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| Women in the Social Work Profession | |
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| Summary: The Status of Women in the United States Today | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercises | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| The Elderly | |
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| Defining Old Age | |
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| Cultural Perspectives on Old Age in Colonial America | |
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| Changing Perspectives on Old Age in American Society | |
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| Early Programs and Policies for the Elderly | |
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| Modern Attitudes toward the Elderly | |
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| Social and Demographic Factors Affecting the Elderly | |
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| Modern Programs and Policies for Elderly Americans | |
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| Social Work with the Elderly | |
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| Summary: The Outlook for Elderly Americans | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercise | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| Cycles of Liberation | |
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| A Glance Toward the Future | |
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| Emerging Trends | |
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| Contrasting Visions of Social Welfare | |
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| Summary: Changing Politics | |
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| A Closing Note | |
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| InfoTrac College Edition Keywords | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Web-Based Exercises | |
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| Suggested Resources | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |