African-American social workers and social policy / / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.8496073 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Bent-GoodleyTricia B |
Collana | Social work practice in action African-American social workers and social policy |
Soggetto topico |
African American social workers
African Americans - Social conditions - 21st century Social work with African Americans |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-78832-X
0-7890-1622-2 1-317-78833-8 1-315-80903-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Editor; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Role of African-American Social Workers in Social Policy; Literature Review; Methodology; Findings; Discussion; Implications; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Implications of Social Security Reform for Wealth Development Among African Americans; Wealth in the African-American Community; Social Security Reform and African-American Wealth; Meeting the Shortfall; Implications for Social Work Practice; Conclusion
Chapter 3. African-American Grandparent Caregivers: Eliminating Double Jeopardy in Social PolicyGuardians of Generations: African-American Grandparents; Grandparent Caregivers-Emerging Public Policy; The Increase in Grandparent Caregivers: A Combination of Individual and Systemic Factors; Double Jeopardy; Predatory Practices and Policy Recommendations; Special Challenges for the African-American Community; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Child Welfare Policies and African-American Families; Background of Selected Problems; Prevalence of Foster Care; Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 1994 Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA)Adoption Initiative of 1996; Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Implications of Child Welfare Policies for African Americans; Conclusion; Chapter 5. From Paper to People: An Analysis of Critical Welfare Reform Issues Affecting the Black Community; Unequal Outcomes; The Black Perspective and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA); Multidimensional Policy Framework; Policy Implications; Conclusion Chapter 6. The Policy Implications of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, Race, Culture, and EthnicityRace and Mental Illness in Historical Perspective: 1763-1963; The Quantification of Psychiatric Misery; Prevalence and Incidence of Mental Illness by Race; Historic Patterns of Utilization of Mental Health Service by Race; The Surgeon General's Report 2001: Correcting the Past, Charting the Future; Policy Implications; Conclusion; Chapter 7. African-American Women and Health Disparities: Implications of Race, Class, and Gender; Income, Education, and Access Health Care Practices and PoliciesHealth Policy and African-American Women: Opportunities to Advance Black Women's Health; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Policy Implications of the Criminal Justice System for African-American Families and Communities; Current Criminal Justice Statistics; Major Criminal Justice Issues for African Americans; Implications; Systemic Issues to Be Addressed; Public Policy Advocacy; Lessons from Our History; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Genetics: The Social Policy Implications for African Americans; Why African Americans Should Be Concerned About Genetics; Background Emerging Opportunities |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996204940303316 |
New York : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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African-American social workers and social policy / / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.8496073 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Bent-GoodleyTricia B |
Collana | Social work practice in action African-American social workers and social policy |
Soggetto topico |
African American social workers
African Americans - Social conditions - 21st century Social work with African Americans |
ISBN |
1-317-78832-X
0-7890-1622-2 1-317-78833-8 1-315-80903-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Editor; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Role of African-American Social Workers in Social Policy; Literature Review; Methodology; Findings; Discussion; Implications; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Implications of Social Security Reform for Wealth Development Among African Americans; Wealth in the African-American Community; Social Security Reform and African-American Wealth; Meeting the Shortfall; Implications for Social Work Practice; Conclusion
Chapter 3. African-American Grandparent Caregivers: Eliminating Double Jeopardy in Social PolicyGuardians of Generations: African-American Grandparents; Grandparent Caregivers-Emerging Public Policy; The Increase in Grandparent Caregivers: A Combination of Individual and Systemic Factors; Double Jeopardy; Predatory Practices and Policy Recommendations; Special Challenges for the African-American Community; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Child Welfare Policies and African-American Families; Background of Selected Problems; Prevalence of Foster Care; Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 1994 Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA)Adoption Initiative of 1996; Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Implications of Child Welfare Policies for African Americans; Conclusion; Chapter 5. From Paper to People: An Analysis of Critical Welfare Reform Issues Affecting the Black Community; Unequal Outcomes; The Black Perspective and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA); Multidimensional Policy Framework; Policy Implications; Conclusion Chapter 6. The Policy Implications of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, Race, Culture, and EthnicityRace and Mental Illness in Historical Perspective: 1763-1963; The Quantification of Psychiatric Misery; Prevalence and Incidence of Mental Illness by Race; Historic Patterns of Utilization of Mental Health Service by Race; The Surgeon General's Report 2001: Correcting the Past, Charting the Future; Policy Implications; Conclusion; Chapter 7. African-American Women and Health Disparities: Implications of Race, Class, and Gender; Income, Education, and Access Health Care Practices and PoliciesHealth Policy and African-American Women: Opportunities to Advance Black Women's Health; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Policy Implications of the Criminal Justice System for African-American Families and Communities; Current Criminal Justice Statistics; Major Criminal Justice Issues for African Americans; Implications; Systemic Issues to Be Addressed; Public Policy Advocacy; Lessons from Our History; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Genetics: The Social Policy Implications for African Americans; Why African Americans Should Be Concerned About Genetics; Background Emerging Opportunities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910170977203321 |
New York : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Redress for historical injustices in the United States : on reparations for slavery, Jim Crow, and their legacies / / edited by Michael T. Martin and Marilyn Yaquinto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (725 p.) |
Disciplina |
362.84/96073
362.8496073 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MartinMichael T
YaquintoMarilyn |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Reparations
African Americans - Reparations - History African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History African diaspora Reparations for historical injustices Social movements |
ISBN | 0-8223-4024-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | On redress for racial injustice / Michael T. Martin and Marilyn Yaquinto -- Racial injustices in U.S. history and their legacy / David Lyons -- Race preferences and race privileges / Michael K. Brown ... [et al.] -- A sociology of wealth and racial inequality / Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro -- The case for reparations / Robert Fullinwider -- Toward a theory of racial reparations / James Bolner -- The constitutionality of Black reparations / Boris L. Bittker and Roy L. Brooks -- The theory of restitution : the African American case / Richard America -- Reparations to African Americans? / J. Angelo Corlett -- "A day of reckoning" : dreams of reparations / Robin D.G. Kelley -- Forty acres, or, An act of bad faith / Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie -- The economic basis for reparations to Black America / Robert S. Browne -- The political economy of ending racism and the World Conference against Racism : the economics of reparations / William Darity Jr. and Dania Frank -- The rise of the reparations movement / Martha Biondi -- Nineteenth-century New York City's complicity with slavery : documenting the case for reparations / Alan Singer -- Railroads, race, and reparations / Theodore Kornweibel Jr. -- Reparations : a viable strategy to address the enigma of African American health / David R. Williams and Chiquita Collins -- Residential segregation and persistent urban poverty / Douglas S. Massey -- The politics of racial reparations / Charles P. Henry -- The case for U.S. reparations to African Americans / Adrienne D. Davis -- The promises and pitfalls of reparations / Yusuf Nuruddin -- Repatriation as reparations for slavery and Jim Crow / Robert Johnson Jr. -- What's next? Japanese American redress and African American reparations / Eric K. Yamamoto -- The reparations movement : an assessment of recent and current activism / Sam Anderson, Muntu Matsimela, and Yusuf Nuruddin -- Reparations : strategic considerations for Black Americans / C.J. Munford -- Tulsa reparations : the survivors' story / Charles J. Ogletree Jr. -- Race for power : the global balance of power and reparations / Gerald Horne. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807006303321 |
Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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