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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen PimparePublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231196925ISBN 10: 023119692 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 23 November 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The U.S. Constitution Is Undemocratic 2. Our Representative Institutions Are Not Representative 3. We’re Terrible at Conducting Elections 4. We Are Exceptional—but Not in a Good Way 5. Most of Us Will Be Poor and on Welfare 6. Everything Is Political 7. Conservatism Is Not Conservative and Some of Us Are More Polarized Than Others 8. Cruel and Unjust Policies Serve a Purpose for Someone 9. Where You Can Go Depends on Where You’ve Been 10. Look at What’s Not Happening 11. People Learn Lessons About Their Value from Their Interactions with Government Agencies 12. The People Who Benefit Most from Government Are Most Likely to Claim They Don’t Benefit at All 13. People Like Lice and Cockroaches Better Than Congress 14. The Thing They Say About Making Sausage Is True 15. Presidents Are Weak and Command Too Much of Our Attention 16. It Really Is the Economy, Stupid 17. Judges Are Players, Not Umpires 18. People Aren’t Dumb but They Sure Are Ignorant 19. There Is No Public 20. There Is No View from Nowhere 21. You Will Not Change Anyone’s Mind 22. Social Work Is Conservative 23. Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything Conclusion: We Can Do Better. There Are Solutions. References IndexReviewsPolitics for Social Workers provides a unique thorough explanation and in-depth analysis of the structure and functioning of our political system. Pimpare brings this analysis to bear on policies and political structures that create the inequities and marginalization social workers seek to alleviate. The book will grant social work students a more critically informed perspective from which to approach their ethical obligations to social justice. -- Mary Hylton, Salisbury University Stephen Pimpare has written a book that should be in the hands of every social worker. Much like Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, it provides an indispensable guide for navigating the politics of today in order to create a more socially just world. Insightful and inspiring! -- Mark R. Rank, coauthor of <i> Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty</i> Pimpare combines his political science background and public policy expertise in an easy-to-read tool kit for social workers seeking to become more strategically savvy when converting their practice-based critiques of inequality and social injustice into action for social change. A myth-busting but well-documented inspection of the inequities baked into the American political system. -- Mimi Abramovitz, author of <i>Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present</i> Politics for Social Workers provides a uniquely thorough explanation and in-depth analysis of the structure and functioning of our political system. Pimpare brings this analysis to bear on policies and political structures that create the inequities and marginalization that social workers seek to alleviate. The book will grant social work students a more critically informed perspective from which to approach their ethical obligations to social justice. -- Mary Hylton, Salisbury University Author InformationStephen Pimpare is director of the Public Service and Nonprofit Leadership Program at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of The New Victorians: Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages (2004); A People’s History of Poverty in America (2008); and Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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