LibGuides at Priddy Library: SOWK 260/360: Social Welfare, Social Policy & Social Work: Home

Required Text

Empowerment Series: the Reluctant Welfare State by Bruce S. Jansson
Call Number: HN57.J25 2019 (USG - course reserves)
ISBN: 9781337565639
Social welfare programs often get blamed for the nation's budget woes. Is that fair? Gain insight into our "reluctant" social welfare system. Jansson analyzes the evolution of the American welfare state from colonial times to the present--placing social policy in its political, cultural and societal context. You'll interact with the issues, oppressed populations, ethical choices, social and ideological conflicts, advocates and policies in preceding eras and in the contemporary period. You'll see how vulnerable populations and social reformers have achieved progressive reforms through policy advocacy. This book will help you develop the core competencies and practice behaviors outlined in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Additional Required Readings

American Convention of Abolition Scientists. (1921). Advice given Negroes a century ago. The Journal of Negro History, 6, 103-112. DOI: 10.2307/2713831

Bartlett, H.M. (1928). The social survey and the charity organization movement. The American Journal of Sociology, 34, 330-346. DOI: 10.1086/214672

Hill, K. (2008). A strengths-based framework for social policy: Barriers and possibilities. Journal of Policy Practice, 2 (2-3), 106-121. DOI: 10.1080/15588740801937920

Karger, H., J. & Storsz, D. (2018). Social welfare policy research. In American social welfare policy: A pluralist approach (pp.47-57). Pearson.
Lundblad, K.S. (1995). Jane Addams and social reform: A role model for the 1990's. Social Work, 40, 661-669. DOI: 10.1093/sw/40.5.661

Mellinger, M.S. (2017, June). What is advocacy? Philanthropy Journal. Retrieved from https://pj.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2017/06/19/what-is-advocacy/

Mohl, R.A. (1970). Humanitarianism in the pre-industrial city. The New York Society for the prevention of pauperism, 1817-1823. The Journal of American History, 57, 576-599. DOI: 10.2307/1917976

Newell, B.P. (1923). Social work of women's organizations in the churches: Methodist Episcopal Church South. Journal of Social Forces;, 1, 310-314. DOI: 10.2307/3005411

Ridic, G., Gleason, S., & Ridic, O. (2012). Comparisons of health care systems in the United States, Germany and Canada. Materia Socio-Medica, 24(2), 112-120. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633404/