A Limited Partnership
The Politics of Religion, Welfare, and Social Service
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2001
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-12085-2 (ISBN)
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By charting the effects of Reagan budget cuts and the resulting pressure on religious congregations and local agencies to provide more social services, Wineburg presents a vivid picture of the social chaos that has ensued.
Ranging from the Reagan years to the present-a crucial period in both social welfare policy development and the history of religious involvement in social services-A Limited Partnership explores an important undercurrent in the new welfare policy. Robert Wineburg argues that the present policy, with its emphasis on services increasingly being delivered by the faith community, simply cannot work the way its architects envisioned. He calls for rationality in finding solutions to the complex problems of poverty and the division of responsibilities for helping those in need at the local level. Using almost twenty years of data from Greensboro, North Carolina, as a long-term case study, the author examines how the budget cuts of the Reagan era, the Bush era, and the Clinton era altered the relationships among religious congregations and other agencies. The book presents a vivid picture of the chaos caused by these policy changes at the level of service delivery and clearly demonstrates that the religious community cannot be the sole provider of social services but instead must remain an important but limited partner with a special role in delivering social services.
Wineburg's study provides a fresh perspective on a policy debate that genuinely lacks understanding of how politics, religion, and a complicated web of social services operate at the community level.
Ranging from the Reagan years to the present-a crucial period in both social welfare policy development and the history of religious involvement in social services-A Limited Partnership explores an important undercurrent in the new welfare policy. Robert Wineburg argues that the present policy, with its emphasis on services increasingly being delivered by the faith community, simply cannot work the way its architects envisioned. He calls for rationality in finding solutions to the complex problems of poverty and the division of responsibilities for helping those in need at the local level. Using almost twenty years of data from Greensboro, North Carolina, as a long-term case study, the author examines how the budget cuts of the Reagan era, the Bush era, and the Clinton era altered the relationships among religious congregations and other agencies. The book presents a vivid picture of the chaos caused by these policy changes at the level of service delivery and clearly demonstrates that the religious community cannot be the sole provider of social services but instead must remain an important but limited partner with a special role in delivering social services.
Wineburg's study provides a fresh perspective on a policy debate that genuinely lacks understanding of how politics, religion, and a complicated web of social services operate at the community level.
Robert Wineburg is a professor of social work at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He was a member of the Governor of North Carolina's Task Force on Community Initiatives regarding Welfare Reform, has consulted with Partners for Sacred Places in Philadelphia, and was a consultant on Catholic Charities USA's Catholic Identity Project.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Devolution or Devilution 2. A Blip in History or a Slip in the Academy 3. Budget Cuts or Buttercups 4. If It Can't Be Counted It Doesn't Count 5. Is the Future Now? 6. The Future Ain't What It Used to Be, or Is It? 7. A Thought Experiment 8. Being Honest, Being Decent, Being Informed 9. Some Evolving Partnerships in a Changing Environment Conclusion References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.2.2001 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-231-12085-0 / 0231120850 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-12085-2 / 9780231120852 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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