The Welfare State and Social Work Pursuing Social Justice [Paperback]

The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States. By viewing social welfare and social work in light of principles of social justice, author Josefina Figueira-McDonough offers a fresh perspective of their interplay and how this interaction affects policy practice.
The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice critically assesses the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States. By viewing social welfare and social work in light of principles of social justice, author Josefina Figueira-McDonough offers a fresh perspective of their interplay and how this interaction affects policy practice.
Introduction
PART I. MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Ch 1: Justice as a Value in Social Work
A Schizophrenic Profession?
Rescuing a Profession That Betrayed Its Mission
Gil on Social Determinism and Constructing a Just Society
Piven and Cloward on Welfare, Control, and Disruption
Gilbert on Balanced Reform From Within
Jordan on Struggling for Justice and Social Work
Wakefield on Justice as the Organizing Principle of Social Work
Comparing Concepts of Social Work
Ch 2: Understanding Social Justice in Liberal Democracies
Liberal-Democratic Society and its Contradictions
Theories of Social Justice for Liberal Democracies
Freedom Versus Democracy: Priorities in the United States
Ch 3: Evaluating Distributive Justice in the United States
Expanding the Welfare State Concept
Dimensions of Distributive Justice
How does the United States Rate on Diló'