{"title":"Confronting Power","authors":"Susan A. Comerford","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_08","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper describes a three-stage model to introduce legislative learning into the study of social welfare policy at the undergraduate level. It provides strategies to prepare students to engage in the legislative process, to empower undergraduate students to participate in legislative activity, and to integrate their learning. Students (n = 18) report that the impact of their legislative learning experiences includes: overcoming fear of engagement and justifying participation, greater comprehension of the legislative process, understanding the role of policy work within the profession, and becoming empowered and gaining voice.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127982809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addition and Subtraction","authors":"S. Dodd, Hilda Rivera","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_07","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper introduces the use of cost-benefit analysis as a teaching tool for addressing diversity content within social policy courses and advocacy work. Two case examples, the Rockefeller drug laws and the Permanent Partners Immigration Act, are provided to illustrate the methodology. Teaching strategies that utilize cost-benefit analysis to develop student understanding of current policies affecting diverse populations and its usefulness as an advocacy strategy are introduced. In addition, the potential for cost-benefit analysis to foster greater understanding of whose voices seem to be heard in social policy development and whose appear to be silent is discussed.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114303189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing the Economic Self-Sufficiency of Rural Families","authors":"Marcia A Shobe, A. S. Boyd","doi":"10.1300/J185V02N02_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185V02N02_05","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Rural poverty affects 2.5 million U.S. children annually. The implementation of Child/Parent Individual Development Account (IDA) policies and programs may reflect a “best practices” strategy for reducing the incidence and impact of rural poverty. IDAs are dedicated savings accounts designed to help low-income individuals save for home ownership, postsecondary education, and small business development purposes. A brief policy analysis and feasibility study indicates Child/Parent IDA programs are a feasible way to address long-term social, psychological, and economic development for rural adults and children. Social work's continued involvement in evaluating IDA policy is paramount for improving the well-being of rural families.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129468180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Co-Production, Service Exchange Networks, and Social Capital","authors":"K. H. Powell, M. Dalton","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_06","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Much social commentary has been written of late on the loss of mediating structures within communities and the resulting decline in social capital. One way to rebuild these structures is through a model known as co-production, which has been championedby attorney, Edgar Cahn. Co-production provides a vehicle by which community members can exchange services and build reciprocal relationships for mutual benefit. Economic value is accorded these services through a mechanism known as “time dollars.” This paper provides an overview of co-production models and examines the ways in which time dollars can be used to strengthen economic and social capital.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117092077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fade-Out","authors":"D. Katz","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Welfare state decline has become a priority topic among social policy analysts, yet much research into this phenomenon has been either speculative or theoretical rather than empirically specific to particular nations. This paper provides an overview of one such case, the Canadian, in which once well-established Keynesian welfare state (KWS) programs have recently been significantly eroded or terminated. The paper identifies the causal factors underlying this “fade-out,” with particular attention to the impact of globalization, which has had a comparable impact on KWS policy and programs in many other advanced nations.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126633722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning from Experience in Family Support Programs","authors":"T. Carrilio","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper describes three related California family support program initiatives representing field experiments in program development and policy related to reducing adverse outcomes for vulnerable families through replicating known “best practices” models. The ways in which the three initiatives were affected by the context of implementation are used to demonstrate the difficulty both of identifying the “best” program models and the need for leadership at all levels in order to develop programs and policies, which achieve the intended effects.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124656388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Feminist Policy Analysis Framework","authors":"Beverly A. McPhail","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n02_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n02_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Most policy analysis models, both inside and outside of social work, approach policy in a gender-neutral manner. This fact belies the many ways our society is organized around gender, which is often regulated through policy. This article outlines a model for looking at policies through a gendered lens by framing a set of questions to be asked in a feminist policy analysis. The complexities and underlying issues inherent in such a model are discussed, as well as the model's implicit goals and values. The model provides an important framework for policy analysts and teaching students about policy.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126926814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Justice, Social Policy, and Social Work","authors":"M. Breton, E. O. Cox, Susan A. Taylor","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n01_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper argues that the models underlying the conceptualization of social work functions affect the costs of integrating policy issues into practice, and, therefore, the probability that social justice goals will be pursued. An inclusive approach to policy design is seen as lowering those costs. The nature of the costs and how they vary between the models is discussed.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"494 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129931294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INTERNET RESOURCES","authors":"J. McNutt","doi":"10.1300/J185V02N01_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185V02N01_06","url":null,"abstract":"Health care has been one of the most contentious and difficult to address social policy issues (Moniz & Gorin, 2003). Debates over managed care, prescription drug prices, access to care, the uninsured, and ethical issues such as cloning and stem cell research are seen regularly in Congress and in State Legislatures across the nation (Johnson & Broder, 1996). Health care and health policy are so integral to the conduct of social policy that it is difficult to have an intelligent debate about almost any contemporary social policy issue without some mention of health policy (Kronenfield, 2000; Larkin, 2004). Health policy is a complex and intensive area of study that draws on the expertise of many disciplines. Data sources and methodology vary widely. This creates a rich but complex literature that challenges policy","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"14 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115239432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Policy Transfer Model","authors":"Elizabeth Lightfoot","doi":"10.1300/J185v02n01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J185v02n01_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT “New” social welfare policies are often actually policies borrowed from other states or nations. This paper reviews the recent theoretical developments in understanding the processes of policy transfer and presents a “policy transfer” model that can be a useful heuristic tool for social workers engaged in policy making. It discusses how the field of social work can benefit from understanding the factors underlying successful and unsuccessful policy transfer, and argues for the inclusion of the study of policy transfer in social welfare policy courses.","PeriodicalId":437502,"journal":{"name":"The Social Policy Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126801729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}