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Review Of Diversity, Oppression And Change. Flavio Francisco Marsiglia And Stephen Kulis. Reviewed By Qiaobing Wu., Qiaobing Wu

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Flavio Francisco Marsiglia and Stephen Kulis, Diversity, Oppression and Change: Culturally Grounded Social Work. Chicago, IL: Lyceum, 2008. $49.95 paper cover.

Review Of A Mother's Work: How Feminism, The Market And Policy Shape Family Life. Neil Gilbert. Reviewed By Cheryl Hyde., Cheryl A. Hyde

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Neil Gilbert, A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market and Policy Shape Family Life. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. $26.00 hardcover

Rescuing Children And Punishing Poor Families: Housing Related Decisions, Corey Shdaimah

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Child welfare policy is not self implementing; an understanding of child welfare policy must therefore include the decision making practices by those whom Michael Lipsky (1980) has called "streetlevel bureaucrats." This article reports data from a qualitative study exploring perceptions of child welfare professionals about housing-related child welfare decisions. Interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 18 child welfare lawyers, judges, and masters level social workers from a large city in the mid-Atlantic U.S. All agreed that there is insufficient affordable adequate housing. They held conflicting views, however, on: 1) the standard for adequate housing in the absence of …

Ethics With Character: Virtues And The Ethical Social Worker, Paul Adams

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article explores the relevance to social work of those aspects of applied ethics that are not primarily about identifying and resolving dilemmas. It examines the potential of the ethical tradition rooted in the virtues and character of the practitioner-from Aristotle and Hippocrates to contemporary virtue-based ethics in medicine-to guide and enrich our understanding of the social work profession and the dispositions or qualities of character its practice requires and develops.

The Limits Of Paternalism: A Case Study Of Welfare Reform In Wisconsin, Thomas S. Moore, Swarnjit S. Arora

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper uses a pooled sample constructed from the Food Stamp Quality Control data for the fiscal years 1993 to 2006 to assess the effects of welfare reform upon the employment, earnings, income, and poverty trends among poor, single-mother families, both in Wisconsin and nationwide. It finds that the employment and earnings gains of the Wisconsin families exceed those of comparable families nationwide. However, there has been no significant change in the average income of the Wisconsin families, and the number of extremely poor families has increased more rapidly in Wisconsin than in the country as a whole. These findings …

Pregnant And Poor In The Suburb: The Experiences Of Economically Disadvantaged Women Of Color With Prenatal Services In A Wealthy Suburban County, Linda E. Francis, Candyce S. Berger, Marianne Giardini, Carolyn Steinman, Karina Kim

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study explores the perinatal care experiences of disadvantaged women of color in a wealthy U.S. suburb. The women were asked to discuss the availability of health and social services during pregnancy, continuity of provider and/or treatment, communication issues with their providers, and the amount and type ofsupport and resources available. Many of the questions covered in literature on urban poverty emerged as well in this suburban sample, including economic and psychosocial barriers, and continuity and communication issues between low-income/minority women and providers of health and social services. Additional barriers in the suburbs were also discussed, including problems of access …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 2009)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INSTITUTIONS AND SAVINGS IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS - Jami Curley, Fred Ssewamala and Michael Sherraden
• RESCUING CHILDREN AND PUNISHING POOR FAMILIES: HOUSING-RELATED DECISIONS - Corey Shdaimah
• A MIXED METHODS ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL OF LIBERIAN REFUGEE WOMEN IN GHANA - Alice Boateng
• ETHICS WITH CHARACTER: VIRTUES AND THE ETHICAL SOCIAL WORKER - Paul Adams
• THE LIMITS OF PATERNALISM: A CASE STUDY OF WELFARE REFORM IN WISCONSIN - Thomas S. Moore and Swarnjit S. Arora
• PREGNANT AND POOR IN THE SUBURB: THE EXPERIENCES OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN OF COLOR WITH PRENATAL SERVICES IN A WEALTHY SUBURBAN COUNTY - …

Factors Predicting Residential Mobility Among The Recipients Of The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Barbra Teater

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the largest low-income federal housing program in the Unites States and has a policy goal of promoting mobility or "choice." This study explored the factors that predict residential mobility among the recipients of the HCV program in Columbus, Ohio by including variables found to predict mobility among the general population and two new variables that are specific to the HCV program: total tenant payment (TTP); and fair market rent (FMR). Although the findings revealed that race, gender, age and number in family were significant in predicting residential mobility, the variables affected …

The Development Of An Unequal Social Safety Net: A Case Study Of The Employer-Based Health Insurance (Non) System, H. Luke Shaefer, Elizabeth D. Sammons

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The U.S. social safety net exacerbates labor market inequalities rather than ameliorating them. This paper traces this theme within an important historical case study: the emergence of the employer-based health insurance system. Employers became the dominant and tax-preferred provider of health insurance in the United States without any federal legislative action. Understanding how this happened may inform current reform efforts. This case study highlights two important factors. The first is path dependency, discussed by Skocpol (1992) and Pierson (2000). They argue that the ambiguous divisions of power and a pluralistic governance framework favor incremental processes of social policy formation in …

Review Of People At Work: Life, Power, And Social Inclusion In The New Economy. Marjorie L. Devault, Editor. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Marjorie L. DeVault (Ed.), People at Work: Life, Power, and Social Inclusion in the New Economy. New York: New York University Press, 2008. $25.00 papercover.

Review Of The Activation Dilemma: Reconciling The Fairness And Effectiveness Of Minimum Income Schemes In Europe. Amilcar Moreira. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Amilcar Moreira, The Activation Dilemma: Reconciling the Fairness and Effectiveness of Minimum Income Schemes in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press, 2008. $110.00 hardcover.

Review Of On The Frontier Of Adulthood: Theory, Research, And Public Policy. Richard A. Settersten, Frank Furstenberg Jr. And Ruben G. Rumbaut. Reviewed By Sarah Taylor., Sarah Taylor

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Richard A Settersten, Frank F Furstenberg Jr. and Ruben G. Rumbaut, On the Frontier of Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Public Policy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2008. $29.00 papercover.

Review Of The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like An Economist Undermines Community. Stephen A. Margin. Reviewed By Christopher R. Larrison., Christopher R. Larrison

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Stephen A. Marglin, The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2008. $35.00, hardcover.

Review Of Seven Rules For Social Research. Glenn Firebaugh. Reviewed By Yasuki Motoyoma., Yasuyuki Motoyama

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Glenn Firebaugh, Seven Rules for Social Research. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. $24.95 papercover.

Review Of A People's History Of Poverty In America. Stephen Pimpare. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Stephen Pimpare, A People's History of Poverty in America. New York: The New Press, 2008. $27.95 hardcover.

Review Of For The People: American Popular Movements From The Revolution To The 1850s. Ronald P. Formisano. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Ronald P. Formisano, For the People: American Popular Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. $35.00 hardcover.

Morality At The End Of Modernity, James Thobaben

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New Testament Introduction, M. (Bob) Mulholland

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Cd 615 Discipleship Development In The Home, Daryl L. Smith

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Christian Ministry In A Multicultural Society, Steve Ybarrola

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New Testament Introduction, Fredrick Long

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Christian Min/Multi-Cultural Soc, Steve Ybarrola

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Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling

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Family Development: Discipleship And The Home, Daryl Smith

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Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling

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New Testament Introduction, Fredrick Long

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Cd 615 Discipleship Development In The Home, Chris Kiesling

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Family Development: Discipleship And The Home, Chris Kiesling

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Monitor Newsletter September 08, 2009, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Carsey: Family-Friendly Policies Less Available To Rural Working Moms, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

Media Relations

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