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This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing and direct practice in social work. Other esteemed academics address topics including how to use technology to impact social justice, what the impacts of the recent changes in the United States Supreme Court will be, how to conceptualize the impact of ex-prisoners re-entry into society and how to better include marginalized populations in the policy practice. The volume closes with two pieces relating to students: using service learning to increase knowledge of macro interventions and integrating social capital analysis into policy practice. Each topic is thoroughly covered by experts, using the latest scholarly material available. The reader will come away with a new perspective on the many areas where social work is involved, needed and effective in making positive change in the world.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Policy Practice.
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New Horizons for Policy Practice
This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing and directpractice in social work.
Other esteemed academics address topics including how to use technology to increase social justice, what the impacts of the recent changes in the United States' Supreme Court will be, how to conceptualize the effect of ex-prisoners' re-entry into society and how to better include marginalized populations in the policy practice. The volume closes with two pieces relating to students: using service learning to increase knowledge of macro interventions and integrating social capital analysis into policy practice.
Each topic is thoroughly covered by experts, using the latest scholarly material available. The reader will come away with a new perspective on the many areas where social work is involved, needed and effective in making positive change in the world.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Policy Practice.
Richard Hoefer, is Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington. He specializes in the areas of social policy and program administration, with a particular emphasis on advocacy and program evaluation. Dr. Hoefer is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy Practice (formerly the Social Policy Journal). He is the author of Advocacy Practice for Social Justice, and numerous articles on topics such as advocacy, non-profit management and program evaluation.
New Horizons for Policy Practice
Edited by Richard Hoefer
First published 2009 by Routledge
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ISBN: 0-415-99815-8
ISBN: 978-0-415-99815-4
CONTENTS
| Richard Hoefer |
| David Dempsey |
| Katharine Hill |
| Eli Bartle |
| Beth Halaas |
| Judith M. Dunlop |
| Graham Fawcett |
| Sunny Harris Rome |
| Carolyn I. Polowy |
| Ram A. Cnaan |
| Jeffrey Draine |
| Beverly Frazier |
| Jill W. Sinha |
| Margaret Lombe |
| Michael Sherraden |
| Diane L. Scott |
| Robin L. Ersing |
| Diane N. Loeffler |
Eli Bartle, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor, and Beth Halaas, MSW, is Director of Field Education, Social Work Department, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, California.
Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey Draine, and Beverly Frazier are affiliated with the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania.
David Dempsey, ASCW, is the director of DJD Enterprises, a private political social worker consulting firm. He retired in 2005 from his position of Manager, Government Relations and Political Action at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
Judith M. Dunlop, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, King's University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Robin L. Ersing, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida School of Social Work, Tampa, Florida.
Graham Fawcett is Application Developer and Consultant, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Katharine M. Hill, MSW, MPP, LISW is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her MSW from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and her MPP from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Diane N. Loeffler, PhD, is Lecturer in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky.
Margaret Lombe, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College; Faculty Associate, Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Carolyn I. Polowy, JD, is general Counsel, National Association of Social Workers, 750 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20002.
Sunny Harris Rome, MSW, JD is Associate Professor of Social Work, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia.
Diane L. Scott, PhD, is affiliated with the University of West Florida.
Michael Sherraden, PhD, is Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development, and Director of the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jill W. Sinha is affiliated with the School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
This collection of manuscripts has been assembled with the express purpose of showing current thinking about the future of policy practice. You will not find much hardcore research here in terms of quantitative analysis, nor much qualitative research either.
Sometimes it is a very useful, indeed, mandatory, task to stop, look around at the world, and see what might be coming our way. Keen observation, coupled with hard thinking about the looming future, can help us make course corrections and end up closer to our desired outcomes. Such is the case with social policy and policy practice. Political changes are on the horizon with the election of President Obama and more Democrats in the US Congress pushing aside Republican policies of the past eight years. Despite the world wide economic recession, these changes may allow new initiatives to bear fruit in the social policy arena, so it is vital to think deeply about what we want, what our priorities are, and what we would be willing to give up to achieve a good result. I hope you find these papers useful in gaining a broader view of our current and future situations.
The nine articles included in this issue are divided into three groups. The first group consists of conceptual articles relating to social policy and policy practice. We begin with what is in essence an editorial by David Dempsey, former lobbyist for the National Association of Social Workers in Washington, DC. Reflecting on his experiences in the nation's capital and elsewhere, Dempsey argues for a reformulation of social work policy practice theory to include hefty doses of training in political science and economics. Doing so would improve social workers' ability to advocate for and achieve social justice objectives. Although his recommendations are important for social work educators to implement, they are also important for social workers already in the field who desire to improve their policy practice skills.
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