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| Policy Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Policy Practice | |
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| Preparation of the Practitioner | |
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| Assembling a Team | |
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| Identification, Definition, and Legitimization of the Problem | |
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| Selecting an Approach | |
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| Conducting an Analysis | |
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| Evaluating the Outcomes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions for Critical Thinking | |
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| Social Welfare Policy and Politics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Defining Politics | |
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| Politics as Ideologies: | |
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| Across the Spectrum of Right and Left | |
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| Politics as Process: | |
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| How to Have an Effect on Social Policy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Review Questions for Critical Thinking | |
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| New Federalism, New Freedom and States? Rights: The Uncertain and Fragmented Direction of Public Mental Health Policy in the United States | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Epidemiology and Burden of Mental Illness | |
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| Unresolved Federalism in Mental Health Policy | |
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| States? Rights and Control of Mental Health Policy | |
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| Federal Encroachment in State Mental Health Policy and Services | |
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| The Declining Financial Health of State Governments: Implications for the Future of State Mental Health Policy | |
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| Aging in the United States: Challenges to Social Policy and Policy Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Political/Moral Economy Context of Aging Societies | |
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| Changing Social Perceptions, Expectations, and Policies | |
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| Overview of Selected Policy and Services | |
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| Implications for Social Work Policy Practitioners | |
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| Explanatory Legitimacy and Disjuncture: A Multidimensional Model for Disability Policy Development and Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Explanatory Legitimacy Theory | |
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| Looking Back | |
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| Explanatory Legitimacy Theory Analysis of Policy Exemplars | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Health-Care Policy: Should Change Be Small or Large? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Needed Background | |
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| Policy Topics | |
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| Policies/Programs Worth Exploring | |
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| Concluding Remarksand Future Directions | |
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| Social Determinants of Health: Twenty-First-Century Social Work Priorities | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Social Work at the End of the 19th Century | |
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| Social Work in the 20th Century | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Property for People or the Property of People: Urban Housing Policy and Practice in the Developing World | |
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| Introduction | |
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| An Urban World ? Why Fresh Thinking on Urban Housing Practice and Policy in Less Developed Regions Matters | |
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| Planet of Slums ? Why Poor Urban Housing Conditions is Not All That Matters | |
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| The Good and the Great ? International Development Organisations, Alliances and Campaigns | |
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| Civil Society, Not-For-Profits and Others of the Same Elk but With a Different Perspective | |
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| Property for People or The Property Of People: The Politics Of Tenure | |
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| Towards a Conclusion: | |
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| The Challenge for Urban Housing Policy and Practice Lies in Asking the Right Questions | |
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| In Conclusion: Property for People or the Property of People | |
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| End Notes | |
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| Child Welfare Policy | |
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| A Brief History of Child Welfare Policy in the United States | |
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| The Initial Involvement of the Federal Government | |
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| The Impact of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 | |
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| Foster Care Drift and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 | |
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| The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 | |
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| The Impact of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 | |
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| The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 | |
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| Applicable Supreme Court Rulings | |
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| Family Preservation and Family Support Act | |
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| The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of the Small Business Job Protection Act | |
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| Reassessment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 | |
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| Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Public Funding of Sectarian Organizations for the Provision of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care: Discriminatory Issues for Gay Males | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Religious and Faith-Based Organizations Providing Social Services: Charitable Choice | |
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| Implications for Further Research and Policy Development | |
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| Social Welfare and Economics: Redefining the Welfare State in a Global Economy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Social Welfare State: a Legacy of the Industrial Era | |
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| The Post Industrial Economy | |
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| Employment in Post-Industrial Society | |
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| Impoverishment and Debt in the Post-Industrial Era | |
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| A New Welfare Agenda for the Global Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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