Schneider Social Capital and Welfare Reform

Organizations, Congregations, and Communities
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-50117-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schneider, Jo Anne

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part I. Factors Influencing Implementation of Welfare Reform
2. The Federal and State Policy Context for Welfare Reform
3. Local Government Systems
4. Social Service Organizations
5. Social Service Systems
6. Labor Markets and Individual Career Paths
7. Family Survival Strategies and Social Capital
8. Comparisons Among Worker Types
Part II. Social Capital and Community Context
9. Social Service Agency Use and Social Capital
10. Agencies and Social Capital
11. Faith Communities and Social Capital
12. Faith, Works, and Community: Connections Among Nonprofits, Government, and Congregations
13. Advocacy and Social Capital
14. Conclusion: Public Policy and Social Capital
Appendix A. Methods and Project Descriptions
Appendix B. Organizations
Appendix C. Family Types and People Profiled in the Book
Notes
References
Index

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Über Autor(innen)

Jo Anne Schneider, Ph.D. (Anthropology, Temple University), is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. She has written numerous articles and papers on welfare reform, churches, and communities and administered welfare-to-work programs for six years.