What are the challenges facing social welfare in America? Theories of stakeholders, the policy process, electoral politics, the precariat, child welfare, online education, the devolution of the welfare state, and its sequel, the investment state, illuminate critical factors determining the future
of social welfare as well as the professions. Beyond explaining social change, theories include applications for future research. After the turmoil of the 2016 election, Pandora's Dilemma is not only the first empirically-based theoretical explanation, but also a long-overdue illustration of the
value of theory in social welfare. This book is essential reading for social welfare scholars trying to make sense of Brexit and the Trump presidency.
Preface
1. A Structural Interest Theory of Social Welfare
2. A Process Theory of Public Policy
3. A Political Theory of Social Welfare
4. The Child Welfare Cartel
5. An Economic Theory of the Precariat
6. A Theory of Disruptive Innovation
7. A Devolutionary Theory of
the Welfare State
8. An Evolutionary Theory of the Investment State
Index
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David Stoesz, PhD, MSW, is Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Carnegie Mellon University-Australia and Flinders University.
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