Social Policy and Social Justice

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2017

Social Policy and Social Justice

Edited by: John L. Jackson, Jr.

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512821475

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About this book

The Penn School of Social Policy and Practice enjoys a reputation as Penn's social justice school, for its faculty actively strives to translate the highest ideals into workable programs that better people's lives. In this election year, as Americans debate issues like immigration, crime, mass incarceration, policing, and welfare reform, and express concerns over increasing inequality, tax policy, and divisions by race, sex, and class, "SP2," as the school is colloquially known, offers its expertise in addressing the pressing matters of our day. The practical solutions on offer in this volume showcase the judgment and commitment of the school's scholars and practitioners, working to change politics from blood sport to common undertakings.

Contributors: Cindy W. Christian, Cynthia A. Connolly, Dennis Culhane, Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Malitta Engstrom, Kara Finck, Nancy Franke, Antonio Garcia, Toorjo Ghose, Johanna Greeson, Chao Guo, David Hemenway, Amy Hillier, Roberta Iversen, Alexandra Schepens, Phyllis Solomon, Susan B. Sorenson, Mark Stern, Allison Thompson, Debra Schilling Wolfe.

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John L. Jackson, Jr. is Richard Perry University Professor and Dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction: It’s Not Just Social Policy, It’s Social Justice John L. Jr. Jackson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Ending Homelessness Now Dennis P. Culhane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Mass Incarceration: What’s at Stake and What to Do Malitta Engstrom, Alexandra Wimberly and Nancy Franke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter 3. Social Workers or the Social Work Bureaucracy? Antonio Garcia and Christina Denard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 4. Substance Use, Incarceration, and Homelessness: Mapping and Navigating Intersecting Risk Environments Toorjo Ghose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 5. Foster Care, Then Where? Why Independent Living Is Getting It All Wrong Johanna Greeson and Allison Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 6. The Reality of Urban Food Deserts and What Low-Income Food Shoppers Need Amy Hillier and Benjamin Chrisinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Chapter 7. What Do You Do? Ideas About Transforming “Work” in the United States Roberta Rehner Iversen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 8. Forced Mental Health Treatment Will Not Prevent Violent Tragedies Phyllis Solomon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 9. Beyond the Good Guy Versus Bad Guy Worldview: Improving the Gun Policy Debate Susan B. Sorenson and David Hemenway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 10. Child Welfare and Poverty: The American Paradox Kara Finck, Debra Schilling Wolfe, Cindy W. Christian and Cynthia A. Connolly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Chapter 11. Transforming Education: Toward Thinking Comprehensively About Education Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román and Ama Nyame-Mensah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Chapter 12. From Poverty to Well-Being: New Tools for Addressing Concentrated Disadvantage Mark J. Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 176
Illustrations
- Other: 2 illus.
Keywords: Public Policy; Sociology; Political Science; Public Policy; Urban Studies

eBook

Published: December 8, 2016
ISBN: 9781512821475