Influencing Social Policy

Applied Psychology Serving the Public Interest
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-998997-3
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 614 g

Influencing Social Policy synthesizes current knowledge about how psychologists influence social policy to serve the public interest. The volume builds upon interviews with 79 applied psychologists about their experiences in the policy domain, with special focus on the work of applied developmental psychologists, applied social psychologists, and community psychologists. Additional foundations of the volume include a review of social science scholarship across a wide range of disciplines, and author Kenneth Maton's 30 years of teaching on the topic, including frequent interactions with Washington, DC, policy experts.

Together, these sources provide in-depth information about how applied psychologists influence social policy, the factors that contribute to their success, the challenges they face, and the approaches used to address those challenges. The policy influences described span all three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. The policy content areas are diverse, including the death penalty prohibition for adolescents, early childhood education, gay marriage, gender discrimination in the workplace, health and mental health care reform, homelessness, home visiting programs, sexually abused child witness treatment, status offender diversion from the juvenile justice system, substance abuse prevention, and many others.

Influencing Social Policy is a must-have resource for graduate students and professionals in a wide variety of disciplines with interests in influencing social policy, including psychology, education, public health, social work, policy studies, anthropology, and sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maton, Kenneth I.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Series Foreword by Nicole E. Allen and Bradley Olson

- Foreword by Murray Levine

- Preface

- Chapter 1: Psychologists in the Social Policy Arena

- Chapter 2: Psychologists in the Policy Arena: Policy Process, Use of Research, Vantage Points, Methods, and Skills

- Chapter 3: University Faculty in the Policy Arena

- Chapter 4: Psychologists Working in Intermediary Organizations

- Chapter 5: Psychologists Working as Policy Insiders

- Chapter 6: Policy-Relevant Research: Characteristics and Pathways to Policy Influence

- Chapter 7: Policy Journeys: Multiple Involvements, Distinctive Aspects, and Influences

- Chapter 8: Policy Failures and Defeats, Barriers and Challenges, and Lessons Learned

- Chapter 9: Conclusions and Future Directions

- Appendix A Interviewees by Subfield

- Appendix B Alphabetical List of Interviewees

- Appendix C Interview Protocol

- Appendix D Policy Characteristics, Interdisciplinary Involvements, Leadership Positions, and International Focus of Interviewees

- Glossary

- References

- About the Author

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth I. Maton is a Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Public Policy at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His primary areas of research are minority student achievement and empowering community settings. He has taught a graduate level course on social policy for the past 30 years, received the Special Contributions to Public Policy Award from the Society for Community Research and Action in 2013, and served as lead co-editor of the volume Investing in Children, Youth, Families, and Communities: Strengths-based Research and Policy.