Social Capital and Welfare Reform

Informationen zum Autor Jo Anne Schneider Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Considers the reasons behind the limited success of welfare-reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy. Drawing on ethnographic studies of Philadelphia! Milwaukee! and Kenosha! Wisconsin! this work aims to clarify the role of social capital for both individuals and institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. Introduction Part I. Factors Influencing Implementation of Welfare Reform2. The Federal and State Policy Context for Welfare Reform3. Local Government Systems4. Social Service Organizations5. Social Service Systems6. Labor Markets and Individual Career Paths7. Family Survival Strategies and Social Capital8. Comparisons Among Worker Types Part II. Social Capital and Community Context9. Social Service Agency Use and Social Capital10. Agencies and Social Capital11. Faith Communities and Social Capital12. Faith! Works! and Community: Connections Among Nonprofits! Government! and Congregations13. Advocacy and Social Capital14. Conclusion: Public Policy and Social CapitalAppendix A. Methods and Project DescriptionsAppendix B. OrganizationsAppendix C. Family Types and People Profiled in the BookNotesReferencesIndex ...

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Jo Anne Schneider

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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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Considers the reasons behind the limited success of welfare-reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy. Drawing on ethnographic studies of Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, this work aims to clarify the role of social capital for both individuals and institutions.

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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