Contents

Preface viii
James Midgley and Michelle Livermore
Introduction: Social Policy and Social Welfare x

Part I. The Nature of Social Policy 1

1. The Definition of Social Policy 3
James Midgley
2. An Overview of American Social Policy 21
Diana M. DiNitto
3. Economic Dimensions of Social Policy 38
Jane Waldfogel
4. Policy Analysis 51
Bruce Jansson
5. Policy Practice and Advocacy 66
Richard Hoefer
6. The Impact of Social Policy 83
Pranab Chatterjee and Diwakar Vadapalli

Part II. The History of Social Policy 101

7. Social Policy From Colonial Times to the Civil War 103
Phyllis J. Day
8. Social Policy and the Progressive Era 114
John M. Herrick
9. Social Policy of the New Deal 133
Robert Leighninger and Leslie Leighninger
10. Social Policy and the Great Society 151
Michael Reisch
11. Social Policy: Reagan and Beyond 169
David Stoesz

Part III. The Political Economy of Social Policy 179

12. The Institutional Approach to Social Policy 181
James Midgley
13. Conservative Approaches to Social Policy 195
Leon Ginsberg
14. Critical Social Policy 215
Demetrius S. latridis
15. Welfare Pluralism and Social Policy 236
Neil Gilbert
16. Feminist Approaches to Social Policy 247
Cheryl Hyde
17. Race, Politics, and Social Policy 263
Lori Parham} Jill Quadagno, and Jordan Brown
18. The Social Development Perspective in Social Policy 279
James Midgley and Michael Sherraden
19. Social Policy and the Physical Environment 295
Marie D. Hoff and John G. McNutt

Part IV. Social Policy and the Social Services 313

20. Child and Family Welfare Policies and Services 315
Katharine Briar-Lawson, Toni Naccarato,
and Jeanette Drews
2 1 . Income Maintenance and Support:
The Changing Face of Welfare 336
Jill Duerr Berrick
22. Social Security 347
Martha Ozawa
23. Social Policy and the Elderly 367
Fernando M, Torres-Gil and Valentine Villa
24. Social Policy and Health Care 381
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
25. Housing Policy 401
Kevin Fox Gotham and James D, Wright
26. Social Policies and Mental Health 421
James W. Cctllicutt
27. Social Policies for People With Disabilities 445
Elizabeth Lightfoot
28- Social Policy and the Correctional System 463
Margaret Severson
23. Employment Policy and Social Welfare 485
Michelle Livermore and Younghee him
30. Education and Social Policy 507
Susan Stone
31. Urban Development Policy 524
Robert Waste

Part V. Conclusion: international and

Future Perspectives on Social Policy 541
32. International Aspects of Social Policy 543
Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn
33. The Future of Social Policy 557
James Midgley and Michelle Livermore

Index 571
About the Editors 599
About the Contributors 600