An Examination Of Caregiving Dyads: Community Dwelling Chronically Ill Older Adults And Their Caregivers,
2010
University of Denver
An Examination Of Caregiving Dyads: Community Dwelling Chronically Ill Older Adults And Their Caregivers, Jessica E. Haxton
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Increases in life expectancy among older adults raise important concerns about the availability of resources for an aging population living with chronic and debilitating illnesses. Living longer is complicated by the fact that many elders prefer to reside in their homes until medical or other conditions require an alternative living arrangement. The strong desire to remain at home expressed by older persons in the United States has in turn created an increased demand on informal caregiving. Consequently, adult children often bear the burden of providing care to their aging parents. In view of this demand it is critical that research …
An Investigation Into Associations With Attachment, Companion Pet Attachment, Empathy, And Prosocial Behaviors In 18–20 Year Old College Students,
2010
University of Denver
An Investigation Into Associations With Attachment, Companion Pet Attachment, Empathy, And Prosocial Behaviors In 18–20 Year Old College Students, Christian Anderson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study examines empathy, parental attachment, companion pet attachment and social behaviors in a sample of 120 students between the ages of 18-20 enrolled at Front Range Community College in Westminster CO during the fall semester 2008. The study is based on the research questions posed by Thompson and Gullone (2008) but pays particular attention to the relationships between and among variables measured in that study as well as their association with variables indicating companion pet companionship. The research questions are: (1) does parental empathic attachment predict prosocial and antisocial behaviors during older adolescence or young adulthood? And (2) does …
Skew Selection Theory Applied To The Wealth And Welfare Of Nations,
2010
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Skew Selection Theory Applied To The Wealth And Welfare Of Nations, Susan F. Allen, Deby L. Cassill
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
According to skew selection theory, working citizens who build wealth and, at the same time, share portions of their wealth with those in need are more likely to survive economic downturns than citizens who hoard wealth. In this article, skew selection is employed as a theoreticalframework to support governmental efforts to develop social policies that protect the income of working citizens and, at the same time, provide for vulnerable, non-working children and elders. To illustrate its applicability, the social policies of Japan, Sweden and the United States-all of which are challenged by decaying ratios of working to non-working citizens-are compared …
Liminal Living At An Extended Stay Hotel: Feeling "Stuck" In A Housing Solution,
2010
Georgia State University
Liminal Living At An Extended Stay Hotel: Feeling "Stuck" In A Housing Solution, Terri Wingate-Lewinson, June Gary Hopps, Patricia Reeves
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
As a result of unaffordable housing, many of America's working poor are forced to seek shelter in hotels to avoid homelessness. The concept of liminality has been used in discussions of place to describe the subjective experience of feeling in-between two states of being. Research is scant on the liminal experiences of low-income hotel residents, who are culturally invisible in society. This paper draws from data qualitatively collected via semi-structured interviews from ten low-income residents living in an extended-stay hotel. Descriptions of these residential experiences are presented along with recommendations for social workers practicing with families in this liminal situation.
Review Of Towards Positive Youth Development: Transforming Schools And Community Programs. Marybeth Shinn And Hirokazu Yoshikawa (Eds.). Reviewed By Amy D. Benton.,
2010
University of California at Berkeley
Review Of Towards Positive Youth Development: Transforming Schools And Community Programs. Marybeth Shinn And Hirokazu Yoshikawa (Eds.). Reviewed By Amy D. Benton., Amy D. Benton
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Marybeth Shinn and Hirokazu Yoshikawa (Eds.), Towards Positive Youth Development: Transforming Schools and Community Programs. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. $49.95 hardcover.
Review Of The Politics Of Exclusion: The Failure Of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America. Leland T. Saito. Reviewed By Jaehee Yi.,
2010
University of Southern California
Review Of The Politics Of Exclusion: The Failure Of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America. Leland T. Saito. Reviewed By Jaehee Yi., Jaehee Yi
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Leland T. Saito, The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race- Neutral Policies in Urban America. Stanford, California: Stanford, 2009. $60.00 hardcover; $22.95 paperback.
Review Of Women's Health And Social Change. Ellen Annandale. Reviewed By Marcia Russell.,
2010
Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
Review Of Women's Health And Social Change. Ellen Annandale. Reviewed By Marcia Russell., Marcia Russell
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Ellen Annandale, Women's Health and Social Change. New York: Routledge, 2009. $45.95 papercover.
Review Of Homelessness In America (3 Volumes). Robert Hartman Mcnamara. Reviewed By John Q. Hodges.,
2010
Western Carolina University
Review Of Homelessness In America (3 Volumes). Robert Hartman Mcnamara. Reviewed By John Q. Hodges., John Q. Hodges
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Robert Hartman McNamara, Homelessness in America (3 Volumes). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2008. $300.00 hardcover.
Review Of The Delinquent Girl. Margaret A. Zahn (Ed.). Reviewed By Cara Pohle.,
2010
University of Southern California
Review Of The Delinquent Girl. Margaret A. Zahn (Ed.). Reviewed By Cara Pohle., Cara Pohle
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Margaret A. Zahn (Ed.), The Delinquent Girl. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2009. $54.50 hardcover, $31.95 papercover.
Preventing Violence In Low-Income Communities: Facilitating Residents' Ability To Intervene In Neighborhood Problems,
2010
Georgia State University
Preventing Violence In Low-Income Communities: Facilitating Residents' Ability To Intervene In Neighborhood Problems, Mary L. Ohmer, Barbara D. Warner, Elizabeth Beck
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The violence found in low-income communities, including areas of concentrated poverty, is often extensive and can involve illegal drugs, juvenile delinquency, and even homicide. A large body of research has emerged which points to the positive effects of informal social control and social capital in preventing violence in lowincome communities, including neighbors taking leadership roles by intervening themselves. This article contains a description of an exploratory study ofa pilot training program the authors developed to facilitate residents' ability to intervene in neighborhood problems in a low-income community in Atlanta, Georgia. The training incorporated concepts from restorative justice, peacemaking criminology, and …
Reconstructing Citizenship In A Global Economy: How Restricting Immigrants From Welfare Undermines Social Rights For U.S. Citizens,
2010
University of Toronto
Reconstructing Citizenship In A Global Economy: How Restricting Immigrants From Welfare Undermines Social Rights For U.S. Citizens, Rupaleem Bhuyan
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Scrutiny of immigrants' use of public benefits is a reoccurring theme in U.S. politics. Yet while the tough stance on immigrants taps into popular anti-immigrant sentiment, the consequences of such scrutiny are shared by all welfare recipients. Drawing upon interpretive policy frames, I examine how new requirements to verify citizenship and identity for Medicaid directly impacts social entitlements for both citizen and non-citizen populations. Analysis of state reports and policy studies of citizenship verification requirements for Medicaid illustrate that verification costs may exceed the costs of fraudulent misuse by unqualified immigrants. I argue that devolutionary shifts in welfare and immigration …
Why You Should Care About The Threatened Middle Class,
2010
Georgia State University
Why You Should Care About The Threatened Middle Class, Jill Littrell, Fred Brooks, Jan Ivery, Mary L. Ohmer
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined and the gap between the middle class and the wealthy has widened. We explain how this is bad for democracy, the economy, and the aggregate health of the nation. We examine the governmental policies and interventions that increased the middle class following the depression and maintained its vigor through the post-World War II period. The impetus for these changes in governmental policies in the 1930s was to end the Great Depression. We pose the question of whether a nation can recover from a …
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 37, No. 2 (June 2010),
2010
Western Michigan University
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 37, No. 2 (June 2010)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIMINAL LIVING AT AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL: FEELING "STUCK" IN A HOUSING SOLUTION - Terri Wingate-Lewinson, June Gary Hopps, and Patricia Reeves
- FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS, PUBLIC PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - Richard K. Caputo
- RECONSTRUCTING CITIZENSHIP IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: HOW RESTRICTING IMMIGRANTS FROM WELFARE UNDERMINES SOCIAL RIGHTS FOR U.S. CITIZENS - Rupaleem Bhuyan
- WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE THREATENED MIDDLE CLASS - Jill Littrell, Fred Brooks, Jan Ivery, and Mary L. Ohmer
- SKEW SELECTION THEORY APPLIED TO THE WEALTH AND WELFARE OF NATIONS - Susan F. Allen and Deby L. Cassill
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS=HUMAN RIGHTS: PAKISTANI …
Women's Rights=Human Rights: Pakistani Women Against Gender Violence,
2010
University at Buffalo
Women's Rights=Human Rights: Pakistani Women Against Gender Violence, Filomena M. Critelli
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Gender-based violence constitutes a major public health risk and is a serious violation of basic human rights throughout the world. Counter to many Western images of Muslim women as passive victims, women's groups in Pakistan have begun to organize to respond to these conditions. This study is based upon in-depth interviews conducted with the founders and senior staff of Dastak (Knock on the Door), a shelter for women in Lahore, Pakistan that uses a human rights framework to provide services and advocate for public support for women's rights to safety and security. The study explores how Pakistani women are taking …
Review Of Both Sides Now: The Story Of School Desegregation's Graduates. Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Anita Revilla, And Awo Korantemaa Ayamda. Reviewed By Kala Chakradher.,
2010
Murray State University
Review Of Both Sides Now: The Story Of School Desegregation's Graduates. Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Anita Revilla, And Awo Korantemaa Ayamda. Reviewed By Kala Chakradher., Kala Chakradhar
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Anita Revilla and Awo Korantemaa Ayamda, Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. $24.95 papercover.
Review Of Indigenous Social Work Around The World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education And Practice. Mel Gray, John Coates, And Michael Yellowbird (Eds.). Reviewed By Jon K. Matsuoka.,
2010
University of Hawai'i
Review Of Indigenous Social Work Around The World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education And Practice. Mel Gray, John Coates, And Michael Yellowbird (Eds.). Reviewed By Jon K. Matsuoka., Jon K. Matsuoka
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellowbird (Eds.), Indigenous Social Work Around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008. $99.95 hardcover.
Review Of Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing Of Women's Reproduction In America. Jeanne Flavin. Reviewed By Debra Durham.,
2010
University of Louisville
Review Of Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing Of Women's Reproduction In America. Jeanne Flavin. Reviewed By Debra Durham., Debra Durham
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Jeanne Flavin, Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America. New York: New York University Press, 2009. $36.00 hardcover.
Review Of Children Families And Social Exclusion: New Approaches To Prevention. Kate Morris, Marian Barnes, And Paul Mason. Reviewed By James Midgley.,
2010
University of California, Berkeley
Review Of Children Families And Social Exclusion: New Approaches To Prevention. Kate Morris, Marian Barnes, And Paul Mason. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Kate Morris, Marian Barnes and Paul Mason, Children, Families and Social Exclusion: New Approaches to Prevention. Bristol: Policy Press, 2009. $36.95 papercover.
Review Of Childhood, Youth And Social Work In Transformation: Implications For Policy And Practice. Lynne M. Nebell, Jeffrey J. Shook, And Janet L. Finn. Reviewed By Ann Reyes Robbins.,
2010
University of Southern California
Review Of Childhood, Youth And Social Work In Transformation: Implications For Policy And Practice. Lynne M. Nebell, Jeffrey J. Shook, And Janet L. Finn. Reviewed By Ann Reyes Robbins., Ann Reyes Robbins
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Lynn M. Nybell, Jeffrey J. Shook, and Janet L. Finn (Eds.), Childhood, Youth and Social Work in Transformation: Implications for Policy and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. $60.00 hardcover.
Review Of The Legacy Of Edward W. Said. William Spanos. Reviewed By James Midgley.,
2010
University of California, Berkeley
Review Of The Legacy Of Edward W. Said. William Spanos. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of William Spanos, The Legacy of Edward W. Said. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009. $25.00 papercover.
