Social Policy and Social Justice
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Social Policy and Social Justice

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Social Policy and Social Justice

About this book

The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to translate the highest ideals into workable programs that better people's lives. In this election year, as Americans debate issues like immigration, crime, mass incarceration, policing, and welfare reform, and express concerns over increasing inequality, tax policy, and divisions by race, sex, and class, "SP2, " as the school is colloquially known, offers its expertise in addressing the pressing matters of our day. The practical solutions on offer in this volume showcase the judgment and commitment of the school's scholars and practitioners, working to change politics from blood sport to common undertakings. Contributors: Cindy W. Christian, Cynthia A. Connolly, Dennis Culhane, Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Malitta Engstrom, Kara Finck, Nancy Franke, Antonio Garcia, Toorjo Ghose, Johanna Greeson, Chao Guo, David Hemenway, Amy Hillier, Roberta Iversen, Alexandra Schepens, Phyllis Solomon, Susan B. Sorenson, Mark Stern, Allison Thompson, Debra Schilling Wolfe.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Social Policy & Social Justice
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Introduction: It’s Not Just Social Policy, It’s Social Justice
  7. Chapter 1. Ending Homelessness Now
  8. Chapter 2. Mass Incarceration: What’s at Stake and What to Do
  9. Chapter 3. Social Workers or the Social Work Bureaucracy?
  10. Chapter 4. Substance Use, Incarceration, and Homelessness: Mapping and Navigating Intersecting Risk Environments
  11. Chapter 5. Foster Care, Then Where? Why Independent Living Is Getting It All Wrong
  12. Chapter 6. The Reality of Urban Food Deserts and What Low-Income Food Shoppers Need
  13. Chapter 7. What Do You Do? Ideas About Transforming “Work” in the United States
  14. Chapter 8. Forced Mental Health Treatment Will Not Prevent Violent Tragedies
  15. Chapter 9. Beyond the Good Guy Versus Bad Guy Worldview: Improving the Gun Policy Debate
  16. Chapter 10. Child Welfare and Poverty: The American Paradox
  17. Chapter 11. Transforming Education: Toward Thinking Comprehensively About Education
  18. Chapter 12. From Poverty to Well-Being: New Tools for Addressing Concentrated Disadvantage
  19. List of Contributors