Politics for Social Workers : : A Practical Guide to Effecting Change /

Politics for Social Workers : : A Practical Guide to Effecting Change / / Stephen Pimpare.

The social work profession calls on its members to strive for social justice. It asks aspiring and practicing social workers to advocate for political change and take part in political action on behalf of marginalized people and groups. Yet this macro goal is often left on the back burner as the day...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Pimpare, Stephen,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS UNDEMOCRATIC
  • Chapter Two. OUR REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE
  • Chapter Three. WE’RE TERRIBLE AT CONDUCTING ELECTIONS
  • Chapter Four. WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL—BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY
  • Chapter Five. MOST OF US WILL BE POOR AND ON WELFARE
  • Chapter Six. EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL
  • Chapter Seven. CONSERVATISM IS NOT CONSERVATIVE AND SOME OF US ARE MORE POLARIZED THAN OTHERS
  • Chapter Eight. CRUEL AND UNJUST POLICIES SERVE A PURPOSE FOR SOMEONE
  • Chapter Nine. WHERE YOU CAN GO DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU’VE BEEN
  • Chapter Ten. LOOK AT WHAT’S NOT HAPPENING
  • Chapter Eleven. PEOPLE LEARN LESSONS ABOUT THEIR VALUE FROM THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
  • Chapter Twelve. THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT MOST FROM GOVERNMENT ARE MOST LIKELY TO CLAIM THEY DON’T BENEFIT AT ALL
  • Chapter Thirteen. PEOPLE LIKE LICE AND COCKROACHES BETTER THAN CONGRESS
  • Chapter Fourteen. THE THING THEY SAY ABOUT MAKING SAUSAGE IS TRUE
  • Chapter Fifteen. PRESIDENTS ARE WEAK AND COMMAND TOO MUCH OF OUR ATTENTION
  • Chapter Sixteen. IT REALLY IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID
  • Chapter Seventeen. JUDGES ARE PLAYERS, NOT UMPIRES
  • Chapter Eighteen. PEOPLE AREN’T DUMB BUT THEY SURE ARE IGNORANT
  • Chapter Nineteen. THERE IS NO PUBLIC
  • Chapter Twenty. THERE IS NO VIEW FROM NOWHERE
  • Chapter Twenty-One. YOU WILL NOT CHANGE ANYONE’S MIND
  • Chapter Twenty-Two. SOCIAL WORK IS CONSERVATIVE
  • Chapter Twenty-Three. THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF EVERYTHING
  • CONCLUSION: WE CAN DO BETTER. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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