Howard Karger (320 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. This volume is an edited collection of contemporary social policy debates argued between some of the foremost thinkers in the field of social work as well as prominent authors in other fields. The 18 debate topics included were selected to cover a wide range of professional interests.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Now featuring a color design, this best-selling text for policy analysis provides students with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues.Thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the impact of dramatic changes in social welfare policy, the fifth edition continues to focus on the examination of how the major sectors of social welfare policy ? the voluntary, governmental, corporate, and corporate sectors ? operate and co-exist (the ?pluralist approach?), while also offering a clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis.  Among the cutting edge issues covered in this edition are: technology and social welfare policy, the fringe economy, religion and social policy, the transformation of public assistance policy into labor policy, and the relationship between tax policy and social welfare policy. In the fifth edition, you will find a new chapter on Religion and Social Policy that examines the past and present relationship between religion and the creation and the implementation of social policy.  The discrimination chapter now includes coverage of the minority middle class and a comprehensive examination of gay and lesbian marriage policies. This chapter also has an updated section on immigration policies since 9/11. Chapter 5, Poverty in America, now includes a section on the fringe economy and its impact on poverty, as well as a new section on Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and the digital divide.  Chapter 8, Making of Governmental Policy, provides up-dates on special interests, lobbyists, and their influence on the 2004 election.  Chapter 9, Tax Policy and Income Distribution, examines the impact of the Bush tax cuts on social welfare policy.  Chapter 11, Public Assistance Programs, includes updated information on public assistance programs, including an evaluation of the effects of welfare reform legislation and new changes to TANF.Chapter 16, Housing Policies, includes new material on obstacles to homeownership, such as predatory home mortgages, increases in housing prices, and racial and class discrimination.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. "An eye-opening read in the school of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel & Dimed . shines a bright light on the economy's darker side." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Drive through a low-income neighborhood and you're likely to see streets lined with pawnshops, check cashers, rent-to-own stores, payday and tax refund lenders, auto title pawns, and buy-here-pay-here used car lots. We're awash in "alternative financial services" directed at the poor and those with credit problems. Howard Karger describes this world as an economic Wild West, where just about any financial scheme that's not patently illegal is tolerated. Taking a hard look at this fringe economy, Karger shows that what seem to be small, independent storefront operations are actually part of a fully-formed parallel economy dominated by a handful of well-financed corporations, subject to little or no oversight, with increasingly strong ties to mainstream financial institutions. It is a hidden world, Karger writes, where a customer's economic fate is sealed with a handshake, a smile, and a stack of fine print documents that would befuddle many attorneys. Filled with heartbreaking stories of real people trapped in perpetual debt, Shortchanged exposes the deceptive practices that allow these businesses to prey on people when they are most vulnerable. Karger reveals the many ways this industry has run amok, ruining countless people's lives, and shows that it's not just the poor but, more and more, maxed-out middle class consumers who fall prey to these devious schemes. Balancing compassion with a realistic awareness of the risks any business faces in working with an economically distressed clientele, Karger details hard-headed, practical recommendations for reforming this predatory industry.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. This best-selling  text provides a balanced and comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues, including: information on the 2008 presidential election, the economy, the housing bust, the passage of Proposition 8 in California, nd much more.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. This best-selling  text provides a balanced and comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues, including: information on the 2008 presidential election, the economy, the housing bust, the passage of Proposition 8 in California, nd much more.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Controversial Issues in Social Policy is an edited collection of contemporary social policy debates argued between some of the foremost thinkers in the field of social work as well as prominent authors in other fields.  Its 16 debate topics were selected to cover a wide range of professional interests in the field of social policy and are divided into three parts:  Part I: Social Policy and the American Welfare State Part II: The Culture Wars: Discrimination, Stigma and Social PolicyPart III: Social Work and Social Service Delivery Issues It is a great text for anyone interested in social welfare policy, public policy and contemporary issues at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  It stresses the importance of critical and independent thought in the educational process.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Controversial Issues in Social Policy is an edited collection of contemporary social policy debates argued between some of the foremost thinkers in the field of social work as well as prominent authors in other fields.  Its 16 debate topics were selected to cover a wide range of professional interests in the field of social policy and are divided into three parts:  Part I: Social Policy and the American Welfare State Part II: The Culture Wars: Discrimination, Stigma and Social PolicyPart III: Social Work and Social Service Delivery Issues It is a great text for anyone interested in social welfare policy, public policy and contemporary issues at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  It stresses the importance of critical and independent thought in the educational process.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Controversial Issues in Social Policy is an edited collection of contemporary social policy debates argued between some of the foremost thinkers in the field of social work as well as prominent authors in other fields.  Its 16 debate topics were selected to cover a wide range of professional interests in the field of social policy and are divided into three parts:  Part I: Social Policy and the American Welfare State Part II: The Culture Wars: Discrimination, Stigma and Social PolicyPart III: Social Work and Social Service Delivery Issues It is a great text for anyone interested in social welfare policy, public policy and contemporary issues at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  It stresses the importance of critical and independent thought in the educational process.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Provides a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States, while examining such issues as technology and social welfare policy and the relationship between tax policy and social welfare policy. This title also offers a clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Provides a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States, while examining such issues as technology and social welfare policy and the relationship between tax policy and social welfare policy. This title also offers a clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis.…

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Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: fourth ] Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Pub Date: 7/10/2001 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 544 fourth edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Current social welfare policy in the United States.   Taking a policy analysis framework, American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach, 7/e is the most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on the American welfare policy. The text provides a critical in-depth look at the major programs that make up the U.S. welfare state, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and TANF.   Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Understand the social, political, and economic forces that shape social welfare policy. Analyze the major programs that make up the U.S. welfare state. Discuss basic social welfare concepts.…

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