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Controversial issues in social policy/ Howard Jacob Karger, James Midgley, C. Brené Brown, editors.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston u.a. : Allyn and Bacon, 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: XI, 282 S. 23cmISBN:
  • 9780205337453
  • 0205337457
LOC classification:
  • HN59.2 .C66
Contents:
Preface. I. SOCIAL POLICY AND THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE. 1. Is the American Welfare State Compatible with the Market Economy? YES: James Midgley.NO: Howard Jacob Karger.2. Should the Federal Government Support/Fund Sectarian Social Service Agencies? YES: Jon Meyer.NO: Stephen Arch Erich.3. Should Social Services Be Privatized? YES: David Stoesz.NO: Ira C. Colby.II. POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL POLICY. 4. Is Legislation for Lesbian and Gay Rights Necessary? YES: Marion Wagner & Rebecca Van Voorhis.NO: John F. Longres.5. Are Governmental Policies Solving the Problem of Homelessness? YES: Larry W. Kreuger, John Q. Hodges and Debi L. Word.NO: John J. Stretch.6. Can Welfare-to-Work Programs Significantly Reduce Poverty Levels? YES: Sandra K. Danziger.NO: Eileen Trzcinski and Deborah Satyanathan.7. Can an Asset-Based Welfare Policy Really Help the Poor? YES: Michael Sherraden.NO: James Midgley.8. Are Affirmative Action Policies Increasing Equality in the Labor Market? YES: Ann Rosegrant Alvarez.NO: Sally C. Pipes.9. Is Privatizing Social Security Good for Women? YES: William W. Beach.NO: Patricia Ireland.10. Do We Need a Governmental-Based National Healthcare Policy? YES: Dawn McCarty and Rick Altemose.NO: Robert E. Moffit.11. Has the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Gone Too Far? YES: Howard Jacob Karger.NO: John C. Bricout.12. Has the War on Drugs Been Effective? YES: The Office of National Drug Policy.NO: Susan P. Robbins.III. ISSUES IN SOCIAL SERVICE POLICY. 13. Is Outpatient Commitment a Step Forward for Mental Health Clients? YES: E. Fuller Torrey and Mary Zdanowicz.NO: Kia J. Bentley and Melissa Floyd Taylor.14. Is Managed Care Containing Costs and Improving Access to Quality Health Care? YES: Richard I. Smith and Kristin Stewart.NO: Heather Kannenburg.15. Should Transracial Adoptions Be Allowed? YES: Elizabeth Bartholet.NO: Leslie Doty Hollingsworth.16. Should Gays and Lesbians Be Allowed to Adopt? YES: Stephen Arch Erich.NO: Martha Ringwald.IV. SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL POLICY. 17. Should Abortion Rights Be an Accepted Social Work Value? YES: John T. Pardeck.NO: Roland Meinert.18. Should Faith-Based Social Work Programs Be Required to Comply with Nondiscrimination Standards if They Violate the Beliefs of Those Institutions? YES: Karen Gerdes and Elizabeth Segal.NO: Lawrence E. Ressler.
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Previous ed.: 1994.

Preface. I. SOCIAL POLICY AND THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE. 1. Is the American Welfare State Compatible with the Market Economy? YES: James Midgley.NO: Howard Jacob Karger.2. Should the Federal Government Support/Fund Sectarian Social Service Agencies? YES: Jon Meyer.NO: Stephen Arch Erich.3. Should Social Services Be Privatized? YES: David Stoesz.NO: Ira C. Colby.II. POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL POLICY. 4. Is Legislation for Lesbian and Gay Rights Necessary? YES: Marion Wagner & Rebecca Van Voorhis.NO: John F. Longres.5. Are Governmental Policies Solving the Problem of Homelessness? YES: Larry W. Kreuger, John Q. Hodges and Debi L. Word.NO: John J. Stretch.6. Can Welfare-to-Work Programs Significantly Reduce Poverty Levels? YES: Sandra K. Danziger.NO: Eileen Trzcinski and Deborah Satyanathan.7. Can an Asset-Based Welfare Policy Really Help the Poor? YES: Michael Sherraden.NO: James Midgley.8. Are Affirmative Action Policies Increasing Equality in the Labor Market? YES: Ann Rosegrant Alvarez.NO: Sally C. Pipes.9. Is Privatizing Social Security Good for Women? YES: William W. Beach.NO: Patricia Ireland.10. Do We Need a Governmental-Based National Healthcare Policy? YES: Dawn McCarty and Rick Altemose.NO: Robert E. Moffit.11. Has the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Gone Too Far? YES: Howard Jacob Karger.NO: John C. Bricout.12. Has the War on Drugs Been Effective? YES: The Office of National Drug Policy.NO: Susan P. Robbins.III. ISSUES IN SOCIAL SERVICE POLICY. 13. Is Outpatient Commitment a Step Forward for Mental Health Clients? YES: E. Fuller Torrey and Mary Zdanowicz.NO: Kia J. Bentley and Melissa Floyd Taylor.14. Is Managed Care Containing Costs and Improving Access to Quality Health Care? YES: Richard I. Smith and Kristin Stewart.NO: Heather Kannenburg.15. Should Transracial Adoptions Be Allowed? YES: Elizabeth Bartholet.NO: Leslie Doty Hollingsworth.16. Should Gays and Lesbians Be Allowed to Adopt? YES: Stephen Arch Erich.NO: Martha Ringwald.IV. SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL POLICY. 17. Should Abortion Rights Be an Accepted Social Work Value? YES: John T. Pardeck.NO: Roland Meinert.18. Should Faith-Based Social Work Programs Be Required to Comply with Nondiscrimination Standards if They Violate the Beliefs of Those Institutions? YES: Karen Gerdes and Elizabeth Segal.NO: Lawrence E. Ressler.

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