SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
SOCW – 521-001 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
Elisabeth Reichert, LCSW, Ph.D.
Spring 2015
Office:
Quigley 6 (8R)
Wednesday 6:00 -8.50 p.m.
Phone:
618 453-2243
Quigley 208
e-mail:
Reichert@siu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday : 3 – 6 p.m.
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Catalog Course Description
Selective examination of the historical development of social welfare and
professional work in Europe and the United States. Uses a systematic framework for
policy analysis with particular attention paid to policies affecting women, low
income, oppressed and diverse populations.
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COURSE OVERVIEW
Social policy analysis is viewed as a systematic consideration of the major choices
which a society makes in regard to the satisfaction of human needs and the attainment
of human potential. This course provides a basis for the historical analysis of social
welfare policy issues and problems. Special emphasis will be given to differential
impacts that social policies have on rural, low-income, women, minority and
oppressed groups. A major focus will be the application of the political economy
perspective of policy analysis and human rights.
III
PLACE OF COURSE IN CURRICULUM
This is the policy course in the professional foundation curriculum.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Explain the process of social welfare policy formulation, adoption, implementation,
and evaluation;
2. Understand the roles of social workers play in formulation, adoption, implementation
and evaluation;
3. Analyze the emergence and development of the social work profession and its role in
shaping the social welfare system;
4. Explain frameworks for social welfare policy analysis in light of the principles of
social, economic, philosophical and political perspectives;
5. Apply a social policy analysis framework for analyzing the formulation, adoption,
and implementation of a current social welfare policy, including the historical
context;
6. Critically evaluate the impact of social welfare policy on groups at risk , especially
diverse populations based on race, ethnicity, poverty, gender, sexual orientation, age
and rural location;
7. Critically evaluate the impact of social work values and ethics in the formulation,
adoption and implementation, and evaluation of social welfare policy;
8. Demonstrate an understanding of key policies and programs in the US related to the
contemporary social welfare system;
9. Demonstrate an understanding of the interplay of the economic, ideological, political,
and socioeconomic forces affecting the social welfare system in the US using
coherent conceptual policy analysis frameworks;
10. Explain the impact of legislative, judicial and administrative processes on the
development of social welfare policies and programs;
11. Understand the relationship between domestic and international social welfare
problems;
12. Demonstrate an understanding of Human Rights as it applies to the US and
internationally;
13. Understand the concept of human rights and the politics around the so-called
generations of rights, such as civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural
rights, and collective rights.
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REQUIRED TEXTS
Van Wormer, K.(2006). Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work.
The U.S. in Global Perspective
Readings: articles assigned each week- see course outline (internet)and additional
Readings.
Further : Required web site reading: (on a regular basis)
New York Times:
The Economist:
Christian Science Monitor:
www.nytimes.com/
www.economist.com/print
www.csmonitor.com
Alternet:
The Guardian
www.alternet.com
www.guardian.uk.com
Recommended
Social Work Speaks. National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements
20012-. 10th Ed. NASW Press. National Association of Social Workers, Washington,
DC.
Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and Dimed. On (Not) Getting By in America.
Metropolitan Books. Henry Hold and Company: New York
Blau, J. Abramovitz, M. (2010). The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy. Oxford,
New York.
Midgley, J.,Livermore, M. (Ed.) (2009). The Handbook of Social Policy. 2 nd.Edition.
Sage, Los Angeles.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Midterm Research Paper: You will have to choose a topic that concerns social welfare
issues. You are required to carry out policy analysis to understand how that policy
area will shape under the current administration. (20 points)
Final Policy Paper: You are required to research in depth on policy analysis model and
evaluate your issues. Further you will include an international perspective. I will give
you detailed instructions for this research paper. (40 points)
Persuasive Speech: You will present your research topic in a persuasive speech. I will
give you detailed instructions for this persuasive speech. (30 points)
Attendance and class participation: ......... 10
Midterm Research Paper .......................... 20
Debate ...................................................... 40
Persuasive Speech .................................... 30
March 4
March 18 and 25
April 8,15,22
Course Format
This course will be taught using a lecture-discussion format. Small group
discussion for case analysis, student presentations and debates, guest
lectures, experiential exercises and videos also be an essential part of the
class room learning.
Preparation, Attendance, and Participation
Preparation (reading assigned material and gathering required information
prior to class), attendance (prompt and continual presence during class
hours), and participation (active contribution to class discussions, offering
ideas and questions) is expected. If you are unable to attend, please let me
know your reasons. More than two absences will result in deduction from your
final grade.
VII GRADING SCALE
90-100 =
80-89 =
70-79 =
A
B
C
60-69 =
Below 60 =
D
F
VIII COURSE EVALUATION
Midterm evaluation will be conducted by the instructor. Students will submit
anonymous written evaluations based on the course content and process.
Standard SIUC course evaluation format will be used for the final evaluation of the
course and the instructor. This evaluation will be performed in the absence of the
instructor in the classroom. One student, assigned by the class, will submit the
evaluation materials to the Learning Resource Center for processing.
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COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1 – Jan. 21
Introduction /Syllabus
Social Work and Social Welfare
Social Welfare
Welfare State
Rural Social Work
Third World, Developing Countries
Human Rights and Social Work
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 1
Week 2 – Jan. 28
Social Work and Social Welfare – Policy Analysis
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 1 continued
Van Wormer, Appendix D : Outline for Anti
Oppressive Policy Analysis
Week 3 – Feb. 4
American Social Values
Conceptual Values
Societal Values and Social Policy
The Shaping of U.S. Social Policy
How does a Bill become a Law
Rural Social Work
Conceptual Values and Social Policy
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 2
http://socialwork.siuc.edu/resourcecenter/Bookndpaper.htm
Week 3 – Feb. 11
American Social Values and International Social Work (continued)
Conceptual Values and Policy Analysis Framework
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 2
Week 4 – Feb. 18
Emergence of Social Work
Milestones in Early Social Welfare History
The Great Depression and Social Work
An Overview of Women’s Leadership in the Profession
Social Work in the Awakening of the 1960s
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 3
Internet: The Social Security Act (1965)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=99
Week 5 – Feb. 25
Emergence of Social Work (continued)
Has Social Work Abandoned its Mission
Multicultural Social Work Education
The Feminist Influence
The Empowerment Perspective
Human Rights and Social Work
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 3
DEBATES
Week 6 – March 4
Economic Oppression, Poverty and Human Rights
The Nature of Oppression
Explanations for Existence of Poverty
Poverty and Globalization
Strategies to End Poverty in the United States
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 4
Reading: Reichert, Chapter 6 Kensington Welfare Rights Union and
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
............................................................
Internet: TANF and Aid to Families and Dependent Children –AFDC
The Americans with Disabilities Act
MIDTERM RESEARCH PAPER
Week 7 - March 11—SPRING BREAK
Week 8 – March 18
Economic Oppression, Poverty and Human Rights– continued
Readings:
Cauthen,Nancy & Sarah Fass (2007, April) Measuring Income and Poverty in the U.S.
National Center for Children in Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_707.pdf
Human Development Index and Human Poverty Index
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00282/over_measure2.htm
US Bureau of Census (Historical Poverty Tables)
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/perindex.html
DEBATES
Week 9 - March 25
Social Oppression
Classism, Sexism and the Feminization of Poverty
Heterosexism, Ethnocentrism and
Women
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 5
Reichert, Chapter 6
Abramovitz, Mimi (2008) Wall Street Takes Welfare It Begrudges To Women
Women s Enews. (1 pg) http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3752
Cawthorne, Alexandra (2008. Oct 8) The Straight Facts on Women in Poverty (1 pg)
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/10/women_poverty.html
Legal Momentum (2007) Reading Between the Lines Women’s Poverty in the United
States ( 3 pgs_, http://www.legalmomentum.org/assets/pdfs/poverty-report2007.pdf
McIntosh, Peggy (n.d.) Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack II: Sexual Orientation (2pgs)
http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~hyrax/personal/files/student_res/straightprivilege.pdf
DEBATES
Week 10- April 1
Social Oppression (continued)
Racism
Readings:
Aspen Roundtable (2004).Structural Racism & Community Building pp.3-6 ( charts)
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf
Jenkins, Alan (2007. "Racism Causes Poverty." Opposing Viewpoints: Poverty. Ed. Viqi
Wagner. Detroit: Greenhaven Press
http://find.galegroup.com.proxy.wexler.hunter.cuny.edu/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=
GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010159279&source=ga
le&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cuny_hunter&version=1.0
Gonsalves Sean ( 2008, Mar 31_ What’s the Color of Wealth, Common Dreams News
Center
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/31/8005/
Abramovitz, M (2001) Race, Class, and Welfare Reform, Currents (April)
pp.5,10.17. http://www.naswnyc.org/w14.html)
Internet: The Civil Right Act
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/
Week 11- April 8
Human Rights, Social and Economic Rights
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 6
Reichert, Chapters 3, 4 and 8
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/index.shtml
PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
Week 12 – April 15
Economic and Social Rights
Readings: Reichert, Chapters 7 and 9
PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
Week 13 – April 22
Child Welfare
History of Childhood and Child Welfare
Child Poverty
Exploitation of Children
Convention of the Rights of the Child
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 8
Reichert, Chapter 10
Internet: The Child Welfare Act
The Indian Child Welfare Act.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/tanf/index.html
PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
Research Paper
Week 14 April 29
Child Welfare (continued)
Child Abuse and Neglect
The Child Welfare System
Kinship Care,
Gay and Lesbian Youth
Rural Social Work
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 8
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2006) Race Matters: Unequal Opportunity in the Child
Welfare System http://www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/fact_sheet11.pdf Welfare
Reform
Week 15 – May 6
Health and Mental Health
Health Care in the United States
Overview of World Health
Readings: van Wormer, Chapter 9
US Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General. SAMSHA
(2000?) Culture, Race and Ethnicity: A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the
Surgeon General. Executive Summary
http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA-01-3613/exec_summ.pdf
Health Wright, Kai (Mar/Apr 2007).The "Colorblind" Attack on Your Health”
ColorLines ; The National Newsmagazine on Race and Politics.
http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=192
Internet: The Medicare Act
The Community Mental Health Centers Act
Wrap up, Review and Class Evaluation
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