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Tables of Contents for The Policy-Based Profession
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Preface
xiii
PART 1 Social Welfare Policy and the Social Work Progression
1
34
The Policy-Based Profession
3
20
The Target of Social Work---The Individual and Society
4
3
The Social Function of Social Work
5
1
The Dual Targets of Social Work
6
1
The Dominance of Micro Practice
6
1
Social Work's Pursuit of Professional Status
7
10
Social work Grew Out of Voluntarism
8
1
The Status of Women in American Society
8
1
Professionalism as a Social Movement
8
1
Professionalism and the Focus of Social Work
9
4
The Policy-Based Profession
13
2
Expert Technique
15
2
Summary and Practice Implications
17
3
Policy Determines the Major Goals of Service
18
1
Policy Determines Characteristics of Clientele
19
1
Policy Determines Who Will Get Services
19
1
Policy Specifies, or Restricts, Certain Options for Clients
19
1
Policy Determines the Theoretical Focus of Services
20
1
Conclusions
20
1
Notes
20
3
Defining Social Welfare Policy
23
12
Social Welfare Policy---Basic Definition
25
1
Factors Complicating the Definition of Social Welfare Policy
26
7
Social Welfare Policy and Social Policy
26
1
Social Welfare Policy as an Academic Discipline and a Social Work Curriculum Area
27
2
Social Workers Are Interested in Social Welfare Policy in All Sectors of the Economy
29
1
The Multiple Layers of Social Welfare Policy
30
3
Social Welfare Policy---A Working Definition
33
1
Notes
34
1
PART II Analyzing Social Welfare Policies
35
100
Policy Analysis Outline
35
4
Social Welfare Policy Analysis: Basic Concepts
39
24
The Many Meanings of Policy Analysis
40
3
Types of Policy Analysis
43
14
Descriptive Analysis
44
8
Process Analysis
52
1
Evaluation
53
4
Policy Analysis Approaches as Ideal Types
57
1
Policy Analysis as Science, Art, and Politics
57
3
Conclusion
60
1
Notes
60
3
Policy Analysis from an Historical Perspective
63
2
Historical Context of Social Welfare Policies
64
9
The Role of History in Understanding Policy
66
2
Examples of Policy History
68
4
Historical Analysis of Agency Policy
72
1
Methods of Policy History
73
7
The Benton Park Crisis Center
80
3
Notes
83
Social/Economic Analysis
65
44
Delineation of the Policy Under Analysis
87
1
Social Problem Analysis
88
2
Facts Related to the Problem
90
9
Completness of Knowledge Related to the Problem
90
1
Population Affected by the Problem
91
1
Siocial Values Related to the Problem
91
7
Racism, Sexism, and Related Group Superiority Themes
98
1
Contradictions in the American Value System
98
1
Goals of the Policy Under Analysis
99
2
Hypotheses Underlying the Policy
101
1
Economic Analysis
102
4
Macroeconomic Analysis
103
1
Opportunity Cost
104
1
Effects on Individual Consumer Behavior
104
2
Conclusion
106
1
Notes
106
3
Politics and Social Welfare Policy
109
26
The Politics of Policy Making
115
2
Models of Policy Making
117
13
Who Makes Policy?
117
3
How Are Policies Made?
120
2
Phases in the Policy Process
122
8
Conclusion
130
1
Notes
131
4
PART III The framework Applied
135
218
Welfare Reform
141
38
Historical Analysis
144
8
Recent Welfare Reform Efforts
150
2
Social Analysis
152
12
Problem Description
152
1
Population
153
1
Size
153
1
Cost
153
7
Relevant Research
160
2
Values and Welfare Reform
162
2
Economic Analysis
164
6
Macroeconomic Issues
164
4
Microeconomic Analysis
168
2
Evaluation
170
3
Conclusion
173
2
The Welfare System Is Not a Giant Failure
173
1
Welfare Is Not the Problem, Poverty Is and Problem
173
1
Realistic Welfare Reform is Possible, but not Likely
174
1
Public Assistance is a Social Condition, Not a Social Problem
175
1
Notes
175
4
Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement
179
30
The Problem that Social Security Was Developed to Solve
181
1
The Social Security Act of 1935
182
2
Historical Development of Social Security Programs in the United States
184
8
Precedents of the Social Security Act
184
1
Creation of the Social Security Act
185
5
Changres in Social Security
190
2
Contemporary Analysis of Social Security
192
10
Social Analysis
192
5
Political Analysis
197
1
Economic Analysis and Proposals for Reform
198
4
Conclusion
202
2
Notes
204
5
Mental Health: Managed Care
209
40
The Problem that Managed Mental Health Care Was Developed to Solve
212
2
The Costs of Mental Health Care
212
1
Incidence and Treatment of Mental Health Problems
213
1
managed Mental health Care
214
11
How Does Managed Mental Health Care Work?
218
3
Managed Care in an Agency Setting
221
2
Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector
223
2
The History of Managed Care
225
3
The Economics of Managed Care
228
3
Social Analysis of Managed Care
231
3
The Political Context of Managed Care
234
3
social Workers and Managed Care
237
5
Conducting PreAuthorization Reviews
238
4
Influencing the System
242
1
Interview with an Advocate
242
1
Coinclusion
243
1
Notes
244
5
Health: Medicaid and Medicare Changes
249
24
The Problem that Medicare and Medicaid Were Developed to Solve
251
1
The Health Needs of Poor and Older Americans
251
1
The Medicare and Medicaid Legislation of 1965
252
1
The Provisions of Medicare
252
1
The Provisions of Medicaid
252
1
The History of Medicare and Medicaid
253
4
Social Analysis of Medicare and Medicaid
257
1
Economic Analysis of Medicare and Medicaid
258
2
Political Analysis of Medicare and Medicaid
260
7
Proposald for Reform
267
2
Conclusion
269
1
Notes
270
3
Child Welfare: Family Preservation
273
36
Historical Analysis
277
12
The Child Rescue Movement
278
1
Social Work Takes Over
279
2
Child Abuse Becomes the Dominant Theme
281
2
Foster Care---From Solution to Problem
283
4
The Emergence of Family Preservation
287
2
Social Analysis
289
1
Problem Description
289
6
Politiczal Analysis
295
2
Economic Analysis
297
1
Policy/Program Evaluation
298
3
Current Proposals for Policy Reform
301
1
Conclusion
302
2
Notes
304
5
Conclusions: Lessons from Policy Analysis
309
44
The Bottom Line is the Bottom Line
310
1
Compassion and Protection: Dual Motivations for Social Welfare Policy
311
1
Ideology Drives Out Data in Social Welfare Policy Making
311
1
Policymakers Are Generally More Sophisticated Than They Appear
312
1
Our Expectations for Social Welfare Policy Are Unrealistic
313
1
Lower Your Expectations---Expect Change to Cost Much More Than Predicted
313
2
Creaming Is Ok
314
1
Don't Expect to Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel
314
1
Don't Allow the Best to Defeat the Good
314
1
Be Multi-Faceted But Not Holistic
315
1
Notes
315
2
Appendixes
A Library Research for Practitioner Policy Analysis by Lynn Tobola, M.L.S., Social Work Librarian, University of Alabama
317
30
B Historical Policy Analysis Research
347
6
Index
353