Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities
Jo Anne Schneider
eISBN: 9780231501170
2006 (432 pages )
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Table of Contents
(pages 5-6)
Acknowledgments
(pages 7-10)
1. Introduction
(pages 11-46)
Part 1: Factors Influencing Implementation ofWelfare Reform
(pages 47-50)
2. The Federal and State Policy Context for Welfare Reform
(pages 51-77)
3. Local Government Systems
(pages 78-89)
4. Social Service Organizations
(pages 90-119)
5. Social Service Systems
(pages 120-143)
6. Labor Markets and Individual Career Paths
(pages 144-171)
7. Family Survival Strategies and Social Capital
(pages 172-199)
8. Comparisons Among Worker Types
(pages 200-222)
Part 2: Social Capital and Community Context
(pages 223-225)
9. Social Service Agency Use and Social Capital
(pages 226-247)
10. Agencies and Social Capital
(pages 248-271)
11. Faith Communities and Social Capital
(pages 272-305)
12. Faith,Works, and Community: Connections AmongNonprofits, Government, and Congregations
(pages 306-329)
13. Advocacy and Social Capital
(pages 330-361)
14. Conclusion: Public Policy and Social Capital
(pages 362-384)
Appendix A: Methods and Project Descriptions
(pages 385-398)
Appendix B: Organizations
(pages 399-402)
Appendix C: Family Types and People Profiled in the Book
(pages 403-408)
Notes
(pages 409-420)
References
(pages 421-434)
Index
(pages 435-456)
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Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities
In this groundbreaking study, Jo Anne Schneider considers the reasons behind the limited success of most welfare reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy.
Schneider draws on her rich and nuanced ethnographic studies of Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Kenosha, Wisconsin to clarify the role of social capital for both individuals and institutions. She shows that the social relationships and patterns of trust that enable people to gain access to resources like government services, organization funding, and jobs are crucial in helping families achieve their goals. Schneider examines the complex ways in which social capital functions in conjunction with economic, human, and cultural capital, and explores social capital dynamics among government, nonprofits, and congregations that together provide the welfare support system.
Social Capital and Welfare Reform is compulsory reading for researchers and students in social work, sociology, anthropology, public policy, education, community psychology, social psychiatry, and non-profit and public administration as well as policy makers interested in welfare reform, poverty, and nonprofits.
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Table of Contents
Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities
Author(s):
Schneider, Jo Anne
Keyword(s):
SW09; SW11; CSWO
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