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Transphobia in Class, Anti-trans Legislation at the State: A Commentary on Navigating Harm and Hope in a Social Work Education Program

TGE students in social work, this commentary issues a call to action for social work education within the broader contexts of a national anti-trans political climate and the values and core competencies ... education and the broader context of the anti-trans political climate. We explored the role of self-advocacy and community and found moments of hope that alleviated some of the trauma. In our narrative, we

Committed to the Cause? Examining Social Work Education's Role in Supporting Ally Behavior for Transgender and Nonbinary People and Communities

, guided by professional values and ethics, play a critical role in supporting and advocating for TNB youth and adults, clinically and through mezzo and macro approaches. Given the current political context ... : agnostic/ Evangelical, Christian—Mainline Protestant, Jewish, Other. Political ideology was captured with the question: In general, how do To capture social work educational variables, respondents

Social Theory & Its Relation to Social Problems: An Essay about Theory and Research with Social Justice in Mind

political philosophy is used to provide criteria to justify a positive rolefor government to develop and implement policies to achieve a more justice society than would be the case if market mechanisms were ... valid forms of inquiry for purposes of obtaining important insights into human development. Disciplines such as moral psychology and political philosophy, which benefit from logical argumentation, provide

Philosophy, Sociology and the Theory of Social Welfare: A Conceptual Starting Point

this concern is derived from the recent attention of sociologists to moral-political philosophy, in particular with the attention Coleman (1974a) and other social scientists (e.g. MacRae, 1973; Hart ... inequality and poverty, a resurgence of interest in moral-political philosophy and the attempts to join traditional sociology to moral-political philosophy (Coleman, 1974a; 1974b). That is, there is a

Introduction: Social Work and Philosophy

; edu/jssw - Philosophy Article 2. Thi s Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Social Work at ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact Introduction: Social Work and ... Philosophy ROBERTA WELLS IMRE, COORDINATOR Study Group for Philosophical Issues in Social Work A journal issue unequivocally about philosophical concerns in social work is evidence of the recent progress we

The Political Economy of Unemployment

; //scholarworks; wmich; edu/jssw - P Econo Article 8. Thi s Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Social Work at ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact . The Political ... principles. This paper takes the position that these criticism have always been justified. Persistent allegiance to the Keynesian policy principles are a product of political interests as opposed to objective

Moving from Professionalism to Political Advocacy in the Human Services--How to Organize a Successful Statewide Political Effort in Youth Services

The current funding environment makes political advocacy on the part of social work professionals mandatory. The social work literature on political advocacy is reviewed and categorized into schools ... interest, or burn out. The philosophy was that tasks could be reassigned and leadership rotated. With only eighteen months of active political involvement, only time will tell whether this philosophy can

Political Symbolism in Juvenile Justice: Reforming Florida's Juvenile Detention Criteria

symbolic political rewards may often be more important than the actual consequences of a policy. Recommendations are made for accomplishing policy reform in a traditional political culture.

Forward to Our Origins: Social Work Skills and Political Action in the Current Crisis

Conflict Studies Commons, and the Social Work Commons Recommended Citation ScholarWorks at WMU; For more information; please contact - urrent Crisis to O ur ork Political FORWARD TO OUR ORIGINS ... : SOCIAL WORK SKILLS AND POLITICAL ACTION IN THE CURRENT CRISIS BERTRAM A. WEINERT, MIA.MSW; EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF THE BRONX AGlimpse Back The last decade of the 19th century

Praxis in the Human Services as a Political Act

My purpose in this paper is to develop a rationale for, and to suggest approaches to, the conscious integration of a political component into professional practice. Involved in this is a re ... vices as a Political Act PRAXIS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES AS A POLITICAL ACT1 David C. Gil Professor of Social Policy Brandeis University, Walthan, Mass. 1. Introduction My purpose in this paper is to

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories and Political Significance. Rolf Wiggershaus.

Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories and Political Significance. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994. $60.00 hardcover. (Translated by Michael Robertson). ... Available at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol22/iss3/21 Significance. R olf W iggershaus. Th Histor y, Th eories and Political Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu

Contemporary Political Idealogies. Roger Eatwell and Anthony Wright.

Roger Eatwell and Anthony Wright (Eds). Contemporary Political Ideologies. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $48.50 hardcover, $16.95. ... e Journal of Sociology porar y Political Idealogies. Recommended Citation Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw - W right. Contem Thi s Book Note is brought

The Political Economy of Social Welfare: A Perspective

role -- as mediators between individuals and organized society -- necessarily involves ambiguities. Certain "radical" writers of recent years have revealed a primitive political understanding by ... Perspective The P Econo THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL WELFARE: A PERSPECTIVE Christopher Rhoades Dykema, Student, Hunter College School of Social Work Part I, Introductory The social services are in

Political Economy, Moral Economy and the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003

Through the lens of political and moral economy, I examined the dominant values and actors in the legislative process of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. In my content analysis of federal ... " Th e Journal of Sociology & Political M edicare Econo m y, M oral M odernization Econo m y and Act of 2003 the Judie Svihula 0 1 0 University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , USA 1 Part of the

Pluralism at Yale: The Culture of Political Science in America. Richard M. Merelman.

Book note for Richard M. Merelman, Pluralism at Yale: The Culture of Political Science in America. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. $ 26.95 papercover. ... ulture of Political Science in Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw Part of the Social Work Commons Recommended Citation (2004) "Pluralism at Yale: Th e Culture

Systemic Perspectivism: A New Basis for Evaluative Research

Evaluative research has not kept pace with developments in the theory of social planning and the philosophy of science. If evaluation is to contribute to social planning, evaluators must recognize ... and even with the philosophy of science. He must understand that the planning process is political rather than technical, and instead of complaining about this fact of life he must learn to see it as

Health Service Access for Rural People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Critical Evaluation

that PLWHA meet during their illness and considers the influence of the current Chinese political philosophy of marketization and privatization of the health care systems. ... care. Moreover, PLWHAs encounter institutional obstacles as a result of the philosophy of marketization and privatization of the health care system. InadequateFunding of CDCs At present, government

The Failure of the Destitute Mother's Bill: The Use of Political Power in Social Welfare

weaknesses of the political forces for and against the change may be more important. In 1897, fourteen years before the passage of the first U.S. Mothers ... ScholarWorks at WMU; For more information; please contact - wer in Social W elfare F Commons THE USE OF POLITICAL POWER IN SOCIAL WELFARE Eve P. Smith Department of Sociology and Anthropology Western

The Political Activity of Social Workers: A Post-Reagan Update

This article reports the findings of a survey that examined the political activism of social workers and what changes may have occurred in their political participation during the Reagan years ... friends, by belonging to politically active organizationsand by attending political meetings. In addition, a substantial proportion of social workers make campaign contributions and get involved in

National Income Insurance: Some Implications for Political and Economic Inequality

Political and Economic Inequality," Th e Journal of Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol2/iss1/4 Follow this and additional works at; https; //scholarworks; wmich; edu/jssw - Econo mic ... increase their political influence. * I am grateful to Ralph Segalman for a number of valuable suggestions on an earlier draft of his paper. The article is based in part on a forthcoming book, Strategies