Does social work education have an impact on social policy preferences? a three-cohort study
Idit Weiss,John Gal,Ram A. Cnaan +2 more
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This paper examined the impact of social work education on the social policy preferences of social health students through a panel study of 3 cohorts of students at universities in 2 countries (the United States and Israel) and found that the initial policy preference of the students at the beginning of their studies at the 3 universities differed, by the end their studies the students' preferences were similar and supportive of the welfare state model.Abstract:
This article examines the impact of social work education on the social policy preferences of social work students through a panel study of 3 cohorts of students at universities in 2 countries—the United States and Israel. The findings of the study indicate that though the initial policy preferences of the students at the beginning of their studies at the 3 universities differed, by the end of their studies the students' preferences were similar and supportive of the welfare state model.read more
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Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment
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Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global Markets. By Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. 368p. $54.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.
TL;DR: This article studied the course of social welfare policy over the second half of the twentieth century in 16 nations and examined social insurance and service programs, major public expenditure and revenue aggregates, and an array of fine-grained indicators of state redistributive and safety net outcomes, from 1960 through 1994.
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The ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ of Policy Practice: An Eight-Country Comparison
John Gal,Idit Weiss-Gal +1 more
TL;DR: The Policy Practice Engagement (PPE) conceptual framework presented in this article comprises three legs: opportunity, facilitative and motivation for social workers to engage in the policy process, and it is asserted that social worker involvement in the public policy arena and the form that they take will depend upon the degree to which political institutions are accessible to social workers.
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Social workers’ perceptions of the causes of poverty in the Nordic countries
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Social Workers and Policy- Practice: The Role of Social and Professional Values
Idit Weiss-Gal,John Gal +1 more
TL;DR: The role of social and professional values in support by social workers for engagement in policy practice and their actual involvement in this type of practice is explored in this article. But the actual involvement of social workers in policy practices is apparently very limited.
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Dismantling the Welfare State?: Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment
TL;DR: The politics of programmatic retrenchment: as discussed by the authors discusses the logic of retrenchments in a core sector: old age pensions 4. Retrenchment in a vulnerable sector: housing 5. The Embattled Welfare State: 6.
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Ethics and Values in Social Work
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the concept of principle-based and relationship-based approaches to social work ethics, and present a set of guidelines for social workers to follow in practice.
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