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Review Of The Americanization Of Social Science: Intellectuals And Public Responsibility In The Postwar United States. David Paul Haney. Reviewed By Richard K. Caputo., Richard K. Caputo

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of David Paul Haney, The Americanization of Social Science: Intellectuals and Public Responsibility in the Postwar United States. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2008. $54.50, hardcover, $24.95 papercover.

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 …

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 - …

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 Research For Action: Cross-National Perspectives On Connecting Knowledge, Policy, And Practice For Children. Robert Chaskin And Jona M. Rosenfeld, Editors. Reviewed By Ann Reyes Robbins., Ann Reyes Robbins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Robert Chaskin and Jona M. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Research for Action: Cross-National Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy, and Practice for Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. $42.95 hardcover.

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 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 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 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.

Institutions And Savings In Low-Income Households, Jami Curley, Fred Ssewamala, Michael Sherraden

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines the influence of structured savings program arrangements on the saving performance of low-income households in individual development accounts (IDAs). Data are drawn from the American Dream Demonstration (1997-2004), which looked at the saving performance of low-income households in matched savings accounts across the United States. Hierarchical multivariate regression is used to identify which specific structural program arrangements are important in influencing the saving performance of low-income families. Findings suggest that overall, structured program arrangements, including financial education, peer mentoring groups and saving targets are important in influencing people's saving performance-including low-income families.

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 …

Review Of The Revival Of Labor Liberalism. Andrew Battista. Reviewed By Larry Nackerud., Larry Nackerud

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Andrew Battista, The Revival of Labor Liberalism. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2008. $45.00 hardcover.

Getting To The Grassroots: Feminist Standpoints Within The Welfare Rights Movement, Cynthia Edmonds-Cady

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article presents historical evidence of how standpoints were used in women's participation in the welfare rights movement from 1964-1972. Results of a qualitative study using archival sources and oral history interviews are presented. An intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender, informed by feminist standpoint theory, provides lessons for current social movement work. Findings reveal that class-based standpoints were strong motivators for the recipients of welfare in their movement participation. Genderbased standpoints were important in non-recipients' participation in the movement; however, race formed a strong standpoint for the African American non-recipients in this study. Participants in social movements may …

Chat-Room Voices Of Divorced Non-Residential Fathers, Pauline Irit Erera, Nehami Baum

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study uses postings by divorced fathers to an unmoderated Internet chat room to sound and analyze their voices. The findings show that the posters expressed an acute sense of powerlessness with respect to their status as non-residential fathers, the imposition of child support, the mothers of their children, the family courts, and lawyers and helping professionals. Although most of their grievances have already been reported in the literature on non-custodial post-divorce parenting, the anonymous postings allow us to hear an intensity of feeling that comes through much more faintly in studies based on interviews or focus groups. Since the …

Review Of Drug Smugglers On Drug Smuggling: Lessons From The Inside. Scott H. Decker And Margaret Townsend Chapman. Reviewed By E. Michael (Mike) Gorman., E. Michael Gorman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Scott H. Decker and Margaret Townsend Chapman, Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008. $23.95 papercover.

Review Of Ordinary People: In And Out Of Poverty In The Gilded Age. David Wagner. Reviewed By John M. Herrick., John M. Herrick

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of David Wagner, Ordinary People: In and Out of Poverty in the Gilded Age. Boulder, CO.: Paradigm, 2008. $24.95 papercover.

Review Of The Failed Welfare Revolution: America's Struggle Over The Guaranteed Income Policy. Brian Steensland. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Brian Steensland, The Failed Welfare Revolution; America's Struggle over the Guaranteed Income Policy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. $35.00 hardcover.

Review Of Empowering Vulnerable Populations: Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions. Mary Keegan Eamon. Reviewed Maria Y. Hernandez., Maria Y. Hernandez

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Mary Keegan Eamon, Empowering Vulnerable Populations: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions. Chicago, IL: Lyceum Press, 2008. $59.95 papercover.

Expectations Of The Consequences Of New International Adoption Policy In The U.S., Jo Daugherty Bailey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In 2006, the State Department published its Final Rules for implementation of the Hague Convention and the Intercountry Adoption Act. This new rule, which took effect in 2008, signifies a departure from previous practice by specifying national, uniform conditions and terms for international adoption practice by U.S. agencies and professionals. Interviews with adoption professionals reveal their predictions regarding the potential consequences of the new rule. Participants indicate the new rule will protect children and families from unscrupulous adoption practices, thereby fulfilling its stated purposes. Paradoxically, they also predict that the new rule will have latent consequences that will negatively impact …

Ralph Segalman: 1916-2008, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Building Their Readiness For Economic "Freedom": The New Poor Law And Emancipation, Anne O'Connell

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Contemporary studies that track the new racialization of poverty in Canada require an historical account. The history we invoke in North America is often borrowed from the British poor laws, a literature that is severed from its counterpart: the histories of racial slavery, racial thinking, White bourgeois power and the making of White settler societies. The effects of severing the history of poor relief from racial classifications and racism(s) are far reaching. Systems of oppression come to be seen as separate structures in which the New Poor Law appears as a domestic policy in Britain unrelated to racial thinking and …

Racial/Ethnic Differences In The Provision Of Health-Related Programs Among American Religious Congregations, R. Khari Brown, Amy Adamczyk

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Using national data from the Faith Communities Today 2000 survey, the current study builds upon Lincoln and Mamiya's (1990) argument of the civically active Black Church. Originally used to assess the relative activism of Black and White congregations, the current study suggests that Black congregations are more likely to provide health programs than are predominantly White, Hispanic and Asian congregations. The greater involvement of Black congregations in the provision of health programs likely has much to do with the historical and continued cultural, spiritual, and political role that churches play in Black communities.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 36, No. 2 (June 2009)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• RALPH SEGALMAN: A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR - Robert D. Leighninger, Jr.
• GETTING TO THE GRASSROOTS: FEMINIST STANDPOINTS WITHIN THE WELFARE RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Cynthia Edmonds-Cady
• THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CLIENT PARTICIPATION: THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROLE OF SERVICE RECIPIENTS IN CHILD WELFARE AND MENTAL DISABILITIES - Terry Mizrahi, Mayra Humphreys-Lopez, and Denise Torres
• CHAT-ROOM VOICES OF DIVORCED NONRESIDENTIAL FATHERS - Pauline Irit Erera and Nehami Baum
• BUILDING THEIR READINESS FOR ECONOMIC "FREEDOM": THE NEW POOR LAW AND EMANCIPATION - Anne O'Connell
• RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS AMONG AMERICAN RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS - …

Women's Experiences Of Victimization And Survival, Margaret Severson, Judy L. Postmus, Marianne Berry

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In an effort to more fully understand the experiences and aftermath of girlhood and adult woman physical, sexual and psychological victimization, research was undertaken that explored the prevalence and the consequences of such victimization, and the survival strategies women activate at various points in their lifespan in the aftermath of that violence. Women participants were recruited from five different communities; three urban, one rural and the only correctional facility for women in a Midwestern state. These venues were selected as ideal sites in which to secure a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse sample of women age 18 and older. Findings …

Review Of Reclaiming Social Work: Challenging Neoliberalism And Promoting Social Justice. Ian Ferguson. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Ian Ferguson, Reclaiming Social Work: Challenging Neoliberalism and Promoting Social Justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. $99.95 hardcover, $44.95 papercover.

Review Of Youth-Led Community Organizing: Theory And Action. Melvin Delgado And Lee Staples. Reviewed By Wilma Peebles-Wilkins., Wilma Peebles-Wilkins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples, Youth-Led Community Organizing: Theory and Action. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. $19.95 papercover.

Review Of Low Income, Social Growth And Good Health: A History Of Twelve Countries. James C. Riley. Reviewed By Kristen Gustavson., Kristen Gustavson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of James C. Riley, Low Income, Social Growth and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007. $24.95 papercover.

Review Of Unequal Under Law: Race In The War On Drugs. Doris Marie Provine. Reviewed By Christine Lou., Christine Lou

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Doris Marie Provine, Unequal under Law: Race in the War on Drugs. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007. $45.00 hardcover, $18.50 papercover.

Review Of Social Welfare In Japan: Principles And Applications. Kojun Furukawa. Reviewed By Christina Miyawaki., Christina Miyawaki

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Kojun Furukawa, Social Welfare in Japan: Principles and Applications. Melbourne, Australia: TransPacific Press, 2008. $79.95 hardcover.