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Politics for Social Workers

A Practical Guide to Effecting Change

By: Stephen Pimpare

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Politics for Social Workers

A Practical Guide to Effecting Change

By: 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-to-day struggles of working directly with clients take precedence. And while most social workers have firsthand knowledge of how public policy neglects or outright harms society’s most vulnerable, too few have training in the political processes that created these policies. This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really work—and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. Helping readers develop sustainable strategies at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels, this book is a hands-on manual to contemporary American politics, showing social workers and social work students how to engage in effective activism. Stephen Pimpare, a political scientist with extensive experience as a social work practitioner and instructor, offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system. He distills key research and insights from political science and related disciplines into a practical resource for social work students, instructors, and practitioners looking to deepen their policy knowledge and capacity to achieve change.

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Columbia University Press

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0231551894

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A People's History of Poverty in America

By: Stephen Pimpare

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A People's History of Poverty in America

By: Stephen Pimpare

In A People's History of Poverty in America, political scientist Stephen Pimpare brings the human lives and real-life stories of those who struggle with poverty in America to the foreground, vividly describing life as poor and welfare-reliant Americans experience it, from the big city to the rural countryside. Prodigiously researched, A People's History of Poverty in America unearths rich, poignant, and often surprising testimonies—both heart-wrenching and humorous—that range from the early days of the United States to the present day. Pimpare shows us how the poor have found food, secured shelter, and created community, and, most important, he illuminates their battles for dignity and respect in the face of the judgment, control, and disdain that are all too often the price they must pay for charity and government aid. In telling these hidden stories, Pimpare argues eloquently for a fundamental rethinking of poverty, one that includes both a more nuanced understanding of the history of the American welfare state, and a meaningful—and truly accurate—new definition of the poverty line. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as an “illuminating history of America's poor” and a “useful counter against those who blame the poor for their bad luck,” A People's History of Poverty in America reminds us that poverty is not in itself a moral failure, but our failure to understand it may well be.

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The New Press

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1595586962

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Politics for Social Workers

A Practical Guide to Effecting Change

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Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Down and Out on the Silver Screen

By: Stephen Pimpare

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Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Down and Out on the Silver Screen

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Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down & Out on the Silver Screen explores how American movies have portrayed poor and homeless people from the silent era to today. It provides a novel kind of guide to social policy, exploring how ideas about poor and homeless people have been reflected in popular culture and evaluating those images against the historical and contemporary reality. Richly illustrated and examining nearly 300 American-made films released between 1902 and 2015, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens finds and describes representations of poor and homeless people and the places they have inhabited throughout the century-long history of U.S. cinema. It moves beyond the merely descriptive to deliberate whether cinematic representations of homelessness and poverty changed over time, and if there are patterns to be discerned. Ultimately, the text offers a preliminary response to a handful of harder questions about causation and consequence: Why are these portrayals as they are? Where do they come from? Are they a reflection of American attitudes and policies toward marginalized populations, or do they help create them? What does this all mean for politics and policymaking? Of interest to movie buffs and film scholars, cultural critics and historians, policy analysts, and those curious to know more about homelessness and American poverty, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens is a unique window into American politics, history, policy, and culture -- it is an entertaining and enlightening journey.

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Oxford University Press

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0190660740

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Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Down and Out on the Silver Screen

By: Stephen Pimpare

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Down and Out on the Silver Screen

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Explores how American movies have portrayed poor and homeless people from the silent era to today"--Front jacket flap.

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0190660724

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Development Education in Policy and Practice

By: Stephen McCloskey

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Development Education in Policy and Practice

By: Stephen McCloskey

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. This volume debates development education practice and the policy environment in which it is delivered. It affirmatively points to the transformative power of education as a means toward social change.

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Springer

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113732466X

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A People's History of Poverty in America

By: Stephen Pimpare

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The New Press

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The New Victorians

Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages

By: Stephen Pimpare

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The New Victorians

Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages

By: Stephen Pimpare

Parallels between anti-welfare propagandists of the nineteenth century and well-funded policy research organizations of today are uncovered, revealing lessons that emphasize the needed support for state defense of the poor.

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156584839X

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Politics for Social Workers

Politics for Social Workers

A People's History of Poverty in America

A People's History of Poverty in America

Politics for Social Workers

Politics for Social Workers

Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens

Development Education in Policy and Practice

Development Education in Policy and Practice

A People's History of Poverty in America

A People's History of Poverty in America

The New Victorians

The New Victorians

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