PPPA 8197 US Social Policy

PPPA 8197: US Social Policy

Term: Fall 2020

Section: 10

Class Room: Blackboard Lectures: M 6:10-8PM Instructor: Eiko Strader, PhD Email: [email protected] Oﬃce: Phillips Hall 342

Oﬃce Hours: By appointments

Course Description:

This course fulfills a core requirement for students pursuing a degree in the Social Policy field by familiarizing them with the development and implementation of social welfare policy in the United States. We begin with a brief introduction to welfare state theory and diﬀerent welfare models, followed by a critical interrogation of the values and ideologies underlying policy formulation process in the U.S. We will then spend the rest of the semester examining the configuration of social policy.

Prerequisites:

This course has no prerequisites and does not assume any previous knowledge of the subject matter.

Required Texts:

Karger, Howard Jacob, and David Stoesz. 2018. American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach, 8th Edition. NY: Pearson (180 days eText Rental for $29.99)

Greve, Bent. 2015. Welfare and the Welfare State: Present and Future. New York, NY: Routledge. (Around $20Used)

Campbell, Andrea Louise. 2014. Trapped in America's Safety Net: One Family's Struggle. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press (Around $3 Used).

Other readings, videos and podcasts are available on Blackboard. If you are having problems with Blackboard, contact the Helpdesk at 202-994-5530.

Additional Requirements for Distance Learning:

A desktop or laptop computer, but a smartphone or tablet may work in a pinch (though Blackboard Collaborate apps may be glitchy); check the system requirements here.

An Internet Browser that is supported by Blackboard; see the list here.

Internet access; Blackboard recommends 28.8kbps speed or above, but broadband connection is recommended. If you are unsure, check your connection speed here.

A webcam for face-to-face interaction during virtual breakout sessions is recommended.

A quiet learning space if possible.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

Discuss the function of the state in providing welfare to its citizens in relation to the role of markets and civilsociety,

Describe the design and implementation of social welfare programs in the U.S.,

Apply a policy analysis framework and examine the social, political, and economic forces shaping social welfare programs in the U.S.,

Understand and evaluate the impact of social policy in the U.S.,

Engage in critical debates about contemporary issues concerning social welfare.

Grades and Requirements:

Evaluation will be based upon a point system.

Late assignments will result in a 10% per day penalty, and no late assignment will be accepted 3 days after the original deadline.

Please check Blackboard for complete details of each assignment and assessment.

15% Class Participation: Your participation will be assessed based on overall quality of your contributions to the discussion board. All students are required to complete assigned readings and post one discussion question two days before each class session (by Saturday at midnight). Students are also required to read and respond to at least two discussion posts made by others one day before each class session (by Sunday at midnight).

15% Discussion Leader: You will organize and lead in-class discussion at least once during the semester. Please review the discussion questions posted on the online discussion board prior to your session and follow up on any aspect of the readings you believe is important for the topic being covered for the week. Discussion leaders should upload an annotated bibliography to the discussion board by Monday at noon on the day of your discussion session.

25% Research Prospectus: At the end of Session 5, you will submit a 500 to 1,000 words research prospectus containing; 1) a brief overview of existing scholarship, 2) your research question(s) and/or hypotheses, 3) a description of your proposed project, and 4) expected significance and contributions of your proposed research. Your bibliography will not count towards the 1,000 word limit. Please upload your prospectus to Blackboard by Friday at midnight.

15% Presentation of Your Research Proposal: During Sessions 13 and 14, you will provide a 15 minute presentation about your research proposal and solicit feedback comments from your colleagues. At the beginning of your presentation, you will be asked to describe the aims and scope of your target journal so that your colleagues can provide meaningful feedback and ideas for future revisions.

30% Research Proposal: Upon submission of your prospectus, you will identify a target journal and develop a 2,500 to 3,000 words research proposal. Your research proposal needs to be formatted according to the submission guidelines of your target journal, and should include the following components; 1) working title, 2) abstract, 3) introduction, 4) literature review, and 5) methodology. Your bibliography will not count towards the word limit, but if your target journal tends to publish shorter articles, you should aim for the word limit of 3,000 including footnotes and references. Please upload your final research proposal to Blackboard by the end of Session 14, Friday at midnight.

Course Schedule and Readings:

08/31 Session 1: The U.S. Welfare Regime

1)Greve, CH1: Introduction.

2) Greve, CH2: What is Welfare? Some Basic Concepts.

3)Karger and Stoesz, CH1: Social Policy and the American Welfare State.

4)Karger and Stoesz, CH2: A Brief History of the American Social Welfare State.

5)Campbell, CH1: Trying to Make It in America.

6)Campbell, CH2: Down the Rabbit Hole.

09/14 Session 2: The U.S. Welfare Regime

1) Greve, CH3: Welfare States and Welfare Regimes.

2)Karger and Stoesz, CH3: Social Welfare Policy Research.

3)Karger and Stoesz, CH4: Discrimination in American Society.

4)Karger and Stoesz, CH5: Poverty in America.

5) Campbell, CH3: The Place of the Poor in the American Welfare State.

OPTIONAL:

Townsend, Peter. 1954. “Measuring Poverty.” The British Journal of Sociology 5(2):130-37.

Sen, Amartya. 1985. “A Sociological Approach to the Measurement of Poverty: A Reply to Professor Peter Townsend.” Oxford Economic Papers 37(4):669–676.

Quadagno, Jill. 1987. “Theories of the Welfare State.” Annual Review of Sociology 13:109–128.

Brady, David. 2003. “Rethinking the Sociological Measurement of Poverty.” Social Forces 81:715-51.

Newman, Katherine S. and Rebekah Peeples Massengill. 2006. “The Texture of Hardship: Qualitative Sociology of Poverty, 1995–2005.” Annual Review of Sociology 32:423–46.

Ver Ploeg, Michele, and Constance F. Citro. 2008. “Poverty Measurement: Orshansky’s Original Measures and the Development of Alternatives.” Review of Agricultural Economics 30(3):581–90.

Kenworthy, Lane, and Ive Marx. 2017. “In-Work Poverty in the United States.” IZA Discussion Paper Series, No. 10638. IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

09/21 Session 3: The Voluntary and For-Profit Sectors

1) Greve, Part II: State, Market and Civil Society.

2)Karger and Stoesz, CH6: The Voluntary Sector Today.

3)Karger and Stoesz, CH7: Privatization and Human Service Corporations.

Ng, Eddy S., and Jasmine McGinnis Johnson. 2019. “Game of Loans: The Relationship Between Education Debt, Social Responsibility Concerns, and Making a Career Choice in the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

5)Emanuel, Ezekiel J. 2018. “The Real Cost of the US Health Care System.” JAMA 319(10):983–85.

OPTIONAL:

Carson, Emmett D. 1993. “On Race, Gender, Culture, and Research on the Voluntary Sector.”

Nonprofit Management and Leadership 3(3):327–35.

Gibelman, Margaret. 2000. “The Nonprofit Sector and Gender Discrimination.” Nonprofit Management and Leadership 10(3):251–69.

Somers, Margaret R. and Fred Block. 2005. “From Poverty to Perversity: Ideas, Markets, and Institutions over 200 Years of Welfare Debate.” American Sociological Review. 70(2):260–287.

Chell, Elizabeth, Laura J. Spence, Francesco Perrini, and Jared D. Harris. 2016. “Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics: Does Social Equal Ethical?” Journal of Business Ethics 133(4):619–25.

King, Christian, and Gregory B. Lewis. 2017. “Nonprofit Pay in a Competitive Market: Wage Penalty or Premium?” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 46(5):1073–91.

09/28 Session 4: The Politics of Social Welfare

1) Greve, Part III: Equality and Specific Groups’ Position in the Welfare States.

2)Karger and Stoesz, CH8: The Making of Governmental Policy.

Moynihan, Daniel P. 1965. The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. Oﬃce of Policy Planning and Research, U.S. Department of Labor. *Read CH3.

Piven, Frances Fox. 2003. “Why Welfare Is Racist.” Pp. 323–335 in Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform, edited by S. F. Schram, J. Soss, and R. C. Fording. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Rigby, Elizabeth. 2019. “The Symbolic Politics of Poverty in the United States: A Review Essay.”Political Science Quarterly 134 (4): 711–17.

OPTIONAL:

Piven, Frances Fox and Richard A. Cloward. 1977. Poor People’s Movements. NY: Random House.

O’Connor, Alice. 2002. Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth- Century U.S. History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Kenworthy, Lane and Jonas Pontusson. 2005. “Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Aﬄuent Countries.” Perspectives on Politics. 3(3):449–471.

Brown, Hana E. 2013. “Racialized Conflict and Policy Spillover Eﬀects: The Role of Race in the Contemporary U.S. Welfare State.” American Journal of Sociology 119(2):394–443.

Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard, eds. 2014. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Oxford University Press. CH10 Political Parties and Social Policy.

Bertram, Eva. 2015. The Workfare State: Public Assistance Politics from the New Deal to the New Democrats. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Obinger, Herbert, Klaus Petersen, and Peter Starke, eds. 2018. Warfare and Welfare: Military Conflict and Welfare State Development in Western Countries. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

10/05 Session 5: The Redistributive Aspect of Welfare States

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH9: Tax Policy and Income Distribution

Korpi, Walter and Joakim Palme. 1998. “The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries.” American Sociological Review. 63(5):661–687.

Brady, David, and Amie Bostic. 2015. “Paradoxes of Social Policy Welfare Transfers, Relative Poverty, and Redistribution Preferences.” American Sociological Review 80(2):268–298.

Garfinkel, Irwin, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2006. “A Re- Examination of WelfareStates and Inequality in Rich Nations: How In-Kind

Transfers and Indirect Taxes Change the Story.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 25(4):897–919.

Guardino, Matt, and Suzanne Mettler. 2020. “Revealing the ‘Hidden Welfare State’: How PolicyInformation Influences Public Attitudes about Tax Expenditures.”

Journal of Behavioral Public Administration. 3(1):1-15.

OPTIONAL:

Bradley, David, Evelyne Huber, Stephanie Moller, François Nielsen, and John D. Stephens. 2003. “Distribution and Redistribution in Postindustrial Democracies.” World Politics. 55(2):193–228.

Moffitt, Robert A. 2003. “The Negative Income Tax and the Evolution of U.S. Welfare Policy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives17(3):119–40.

Alesina, Alberto, and George-Marios Angeletos. 2005. “Fairness and Redistribution.” American Economic Review95(4):960–80.

Mettler, Suzanne. 2011. The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Gornick, Janet C, and Timothy M Smeeding. 2018. “Redistributional Policy in Rich Countries: Institutions and Impacts in Nonelderly Households.” Annual Review of Sociology, 28.

10/09 Research Proposal Abstract Due Friday at Midnight

10/12 Session 6: Social Insurance

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH10: Social Insurance Programs

Boushey, Heather, and Jeﬀrey B. Wenger. 2006. “Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Before and After Welfare Reform.” Journal of Poverty 10(3):1–23.

Knoll, Melissa A. Z., Christopher R. Tamborini, and Kevin Whitman. 2012. “I Do …

Want to Save: Marriage and Retirement Savings in Young Households.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 74(1):86–100.

Gould-Werth, Alix, and H. Luke Shaefer. 2013. “Do Alternative Base Periods Increase Unemployment Insurance Receipt Among Low-Educated Unemployed

Workers?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 32(4):835–52.

Deshpande, Manasi. 2018. Key Questions in U.S. Disability Policy (Webinar). Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

OPTIONAL:

Ozawa, Martha N., and Baeg-Eui Hong. 2001. “Economic Class and Redistribution of Income Through Spousal Benefits Under Social Security.” Journal of Poverty 5(3):1–16.

Johnson, Richard W. 2011. “Phased Retirement and Workplace Flexibility for Older Adults: Opportunities and Challenges” edited by K. Christensen and B. Schneider. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science638(1):68–85.

Wiseman, Michael. 2011. “Supplemental Security Income for the Second Decade.” Poverty & Public Policy 3(1):22–39.

Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard, eds. 2014. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Oxford University Press. CH24 Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. CH25 Workers’ Compensation.

Seabury, Seth A., Sophie Terp, and Leslie I. Boden. 2017. “Racial And Ethnic Diﬀerences In The Frequency Of Workplace Injuries And Prevalence Of Work-Related Disability.” Health Aﬀairs 36(2):266–73.

Sherraden, Margaret S., Julie Birkenmaier, and J. Michael Collins. 2018. Financial Capability and Asset Building in Vulnerable Households : Theory and Practice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

10/19 Session 7: Anti-Poverty Programs

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH11: Public Assistance Programs.

Strader, Eiko, and Joya Misra. 2015. “Anti–Poverty Policies and the Structure of Inequality.” Pp. 259–267 in Routledge Handbook on Poverty in the United States, edited by Haymes Stephen, Maria Vidal de Haymes, and Reuben Miller. New York, NY: Routledge.

3) Campbell, CH4: How Means-Tested Programs Keep People Poor.

4)Campbell, CH5: The Fifty Diﬀerent Worlds of Social Assistance.

Badgett, M. V. Lee. 2018. “Left Out? Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Poverty in the U.S.” Population Research and Policy Review 37(5):667–702.

OPTIONAL:

Brady, David, and Rebekah Burroway. 2012. “Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Aﬄuent Democracies.” Demography 49(2):719–46.

Misra, Joya, Stephanie Moller, Eiko Strader, and Elizabeth Wemlinger. 2012. “Family Policies, Employment and Poverty among Partnered and Single Mothers.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30(1):113–28.

Moller, Stephanie, Joya Misra, and Eiko Strader. 2013. “A Cross-National Look at How Welfare States Reduce Inequality.” Sociology Compass 7(2):135–46.

Nicoll, Kerri Leyda. 2015. “Why Do Eligible Households Not Participate in Public Antipoverty Programs?: A Review.” Journal of Poverty 19(4):445–65.

OPTIONAL (Continued):

Bitler, Marianne, Hilary Hoynes, and Elira Kuka. 2017. “Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States: Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management36(2):358–89.

Brady, David, and Rebekah Burroway. 2012. “Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Aﬄuent Democracies.” Demography 49(2):719–46.

Moller, Stephanie, Joya Misra, and Eiko Strader. 2013. “A Cross-National Look at How Welfare States Reduce Inequality.” Sociology Compass 7(2):135–46.

Tagler, Michael J., and Catherine Cozzarelli. 2013. “Feelings Toward the Poor and Beliefs About the Causes of Poverty: The Role of Aﬀective-Cognitive Consistency in Help-Giving.” The Journal of Psychology 147 (6): 517–39.

Hick, Rod. 2014. “On ‘Consistent’ Poverty.” Social Indicators Research 118 (3): 1087–1102.

Nicoll, Kerri Leyda. 2015. “Why Do Eligible Households Not Participate in Public Antipoverty Programs?: A Review.” Journal of Poverty 19(4):445–65.

Laird, Jennifer, Zachary Parolin, Jane Waldfogel, and Christopher Wimer. 2018. “Poor State, Rich State: Understanding the Variability of Poverty Rates across U.S. States.” Sociological Science 5: 628–52.

Parolin, Zachary. 2019. “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Black–White Child Poverty Gap in the United States.” Socio-Economic Review.

Brady, David. 2019. “Theories of the Causes of Poverty.” Annual Review of Sociology 45 (1): 155-175.

Brady, David, and Zachary Parolin. Forthcoming. “The Levels and Trends in Deep and Extreme Poverty in the U.S., 1993-2016.” Demography. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/73myr.

Chung, Yoonzie, and Kathryn Maguire-Jack. 2020. “Understanding Movement into Poverty and Poverty Persistence over Time.” Journal of Poverty 24 (3): 241–55.

10/26 Session 8: Health Care Policy

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH12: The American Health Care System

2)Karger and Stoesz, CH13: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy

Lee, Junghee, and William Donlan. 2009. “Health Care for the Poor: Politics, Culture, and Community.” Journal of Poverty 13(2):196–213.

Sommers, Benjamin D., and Donald Oellerich. 2013. “The Poverty-Reducing Eﬀect

of Medicaid.” Journal of Health Economics 32(5):816–32.

Kim, Jin, and Ellen Frank-Miller. 2015. “Poverty, Health Insurance Status, and Health Service Utilization Among the Elderly.” Journal of Poverty 19(4):424–44.

OPTIONAL:

Weiss, Janet A. 1990. “Ideas and Inducements in Mental Health Policy.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 9(2):178.

Cornelius, Llewellyn J. 2000. “Financial Barriers to Health Care for Latinos: Poverty and Beyond.”

Journal of Poverty 4(1–2):63–83.

Reback, Randall. 2010. “Schools’ Mental Health Services and Young Children’s Emotions, Behavior, and Learning.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29(4):698–725.

Sommers, Benjamin D., and Sara Rosenbaum. 2011. “Issues In Health Reform: How Changes In Eligibility May Move Millions Back And Forth Between Medicaid And Insurance Exchanges.” Health Aﬀairs 30(2):228–36.

Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard, eds. 2014. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Oxford University Press. CH17 Medicare. CH19 Medicaid.

Zimmerman, Mary K., Tracey A. LaPierre, Emily V. M. Jones, Tami Gurley-Calvez, and Bridget McCandless. 2017. “Awareness and Experience with Aﬀordable Care Act Insurance Exchanges: Perspectives from Low-Income Adults in Two Nonexpansion States.” Journal of Poverty 21(3):193– 207.

11/02 Session 9: Criminal Justice Policy

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH14: Criminal Justice.

Beckett, Katherine, and Bruce Western. 2001. “Governing Social Marginality: Welfare, Incarceration, and the Transformation of State Policy.” Punishment & Society 3(1):43–59.

Wacquant, Loïc. 2010. “Crafting the Neoliberal State: Workfare, Prisonfare, and

Social Insecurity.” Sociological Forum. 25(2):197–220.

Pettit, Becky, and Bryan L. Sykes. 2015. “Civil Rights Legislation and Legalized Exclusion: Mass Incarceration and the Masking of Inequality.” Sociological Forum 30(1):589–611.

Wamsley, Dillon. 2019. “Neoliberalism, Mass Incarceration, and the US Debt– Criminal Justice Complex.” Critical Social Policy 39(2):248–67.

OPTIONAL:

Garland, David. 1996. “The Limits of the Sovereign State: Strategies of Crime Control in Contemporary Society.” British Journal of Criminology 36(4):445–71.

Manza, Jeﬀ, and Christopher Uggen. 2004. “Punishment and Democracy: Disenfranchisement of Nonincarcerated Felons in the United States.” Perspectives on Politics 2(03).

Ng, Irene Y. H., Rosemary C. Sarri, and Elizabeth Stoﬀregen. 2013. “Intergenerational Incarceration: Risk Factors and Social Exclusion.” Journal of Poverty 17(4):437–59.

Garland, David. 2013. “Penality and the Penal State.” Criminology 51(3):475–517.

Kutateladze, Besiki L., Nancy R. Andiloro, Brian D. Johnson, and Cassia C. Spohn. 2014. “Cumulative Disadvantage: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Prosecution and Sentencing.” Criminology 52(3):514–551.

Kaufman, Nicole. 2015. “Prisoner Incorporation: The Work of the State and Non-Governmental Organizations.” Theoretical Criminology 19(4):534–53.

Steinberg, Darrell, David Mills, and Michael Romano. 2015. When Did Prisons Become Acceptable Mental Healthcare Facilities? Stanford, CA: Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project.

Strader, Eiko, and Miranda Hines. 2020. “Will You Die for Your Country? Workplace Death in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” Sociological Forum.

11/09 Session 10: Child Welfare Programs

Karger and Stoesz, CH15: Child Welfare Policy.

Kilty, Keith M. 2015. “Fifty Years Later: Access to Education as an Avenue out of Poverty.” Journal of Poverty 19(3):324–29.

Moﬃtt, Robert A. 2015. “The Deserving Poor, the Family, and the U.S. Welfare

System.” Demography 52(3):729–49.

Marr, Chuck, Chye-Ching Huang, Arloc Sherman, and Brandon Debot. 2015. EITC and Child Tax Credit Promote Work, Reduce Poverty, and Support Children’s Development, Research Finds. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Sabol, Terri J., and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. 2015. “The Influence of Low- Income Children’s Participation in Head Start on Their Parents’ Education and

Employment.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34(1):136–61.

OPTIONAL:

Bianchi, Suzanne M. 1999. “Feminization and Juvenilization of Poverty: Trends, Relative Risks, Causes, and Consequences.” Annual Review of Sociology. 25: 307–333.

Christopher, Karen. 2002. “Single Motherhood, Employment, or Social Assistance: Why Are US Women Poorer than Women in Other Aﬄuent Nations?” Journal of Poverty. 6(2):61–80.

Besharov, Douglas J., and Jeﬀrey S. Morrow. 2007. “Nonpoor Children in Head Start: Explanations and Implications.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(3):613–31.

Nathan, Richard P. 2007. “How Should We Read the Evidence about Head Start? Three Views.”

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(3):673–74.

Edin, Kathryn and Rebecca Joyce Kissane. 2010. “Poverty and the American Family: A Decade in Review.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 72(3):460–79.

Floyd, Latosha, and Deborah A. Phillips. 2013. “Child Care and Other Support Programs.” The Future of Children, Military Children and Families, 23 (2): 79–97.

Sabol, Terri J., and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. 2015. “The Influence of Low-Income Children’s Participation in Head Start on Their Parents’ Education and Employment.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34 (1): 136–61.

Brehm, Margaret E. 2018. “The Eﬀects of Federal Adoption Incentive Awards for Older Children on Adoptions From U.S. Foster Care: The Eﬀects of Federal Adoption Incentive Awards.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 37(2):301–30.

Shaefer, H. Luke, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy

M. Smeeding, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa. 2018. “A Universal Child Allowance: A Plan to Reduce Poverty and Income Instability among Children in the United States.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 4 (2): 22.

Knight, David S., Susan Landry, Tricia A. Zucker, Emily C. Merz, Cathy L. Guttentag, and Heather B.

Taylor. 2019. “Cost‐Eﬀectiveness of Early Childhood Interventions to Enhance Preschool: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Head Start Centers Enrolling Historically Underserved Populations.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 38 (4): 891–917.

Kulic, Nevena, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. 2019. “Social Background and

Children’s Cognitive Skills: The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care in a Cross-National Perspective.” Annual Review of Sociology 45 (1): 557–79.

11/16 Session 11: Housing Programs and Food Policy

1)Karger and Stoesz, CH16: Housing Policies.

2) Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard, eds. 2014. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. CH23 Public Housing and Vouchers. CH28 Homeownership Policy.

3)Karger and Stoesz, CH17: The Politics of Food Policy and Rural Life.

4) Tiehen, Laura, Dean Jolliﬀe, and Timothy Smeeding. 2013. “The Eﬀect of SNAP on Poverty.” Pp. 49–73 in SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Aﬀect Health and Well- Being, Studies in Social Inequality, edited by Judith Bartfeld, C. Gundersen, T. Smeeding, and J. P. Ziliak. Stanford, CA: Stanford UniversityPress.

OPTIONAL:

Owens, Mark F., and Charles L. Baum. 2009. “The Eﬀects of Federal Housing Assistance on Exiting Welfare and Becoming Employed for Welfare Recipients.” Journal of Poverty 13(2):130–51.

Stolzer, J. M. 2010. “Breastfeeding and WIC Participants: A Qualitative Analysis.” Journal of Poverty

14(4):423–42.

Skobba, Kim, Marilyn J. Bruin, and Becky L. Yust. 2013. “Beyond Renting and Owning: The Housing Accommodations of Low-Income Families.” Journal of Poverty 17(2):234–52.

Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard, eds. 2014. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. CH22 Food Assistance Programs & Food Security.

Fennell, Lee Anne, and Benjamin J. Keys, eds. 2017. Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gubits, Daniel, Marybeth Shinn, Michelle Wood, Scott R. Brown, Samuel R. Dastrup, and Stephen H. Bell. 2018. “What Interventions Work Best for Families Who Experience Homelessness? Impact Estimates from the Family Options Study” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 37(4):835–66.

McCabe, Brian J. 2018. “Why Buy a Home? Race, Ethnicity, and Homeownership Preferences in the United States.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4 (4): 452–72.

Blackmond Larnell, Twyla, and Cameron Williams. 2019. “Racialization and Subsidized Low-Income Housing in American Cities.” Journal of Poverty 23(2):123–43.

Laird, Jennifer, Isaac Santelli, Jane Waldfogel, and Christopher Wimer. 2019. “Forgoing Food Assistance out of Fear: Simulating the Child Poverty Impact of a Making SNAP a Legal Liability for Immigrants.” Socius.

11/23 Session 12: The Future of U.S. Social Welfare Policy

Desmond, Matthew, and Bruce Western. 2018. “Poverty in America: New Directions and Debates.” Annual Review of Sociology. 44:305-18.

2)Karger and Stoesz, CH18: The American Welfare State in International Perspective.

3)Campbell, CH6: Conclusion - The Future of American Means-Tested Programs.

4)Greve, CH11: New Ways of Steering the Welfare State

5) Greve, CH13: Is There a Future for the Welfare State?

OPTIONAL:

Moﬃtt, Robert A. 2007. “Four Decades of Antipoverty Policy: Past Developments and Future Directions.” Focus 25(1):39–44.

Bengtsson, Tommy and Kirk Scott. 2011. “Population Aging and the Future of the Welfare State: The Example of Sweden.” Population and Development Review 37(S1):158–170.

Morgan, Kimberly J. 2013. “America’s Misguided Approach to Social Welfare: How the Country Could Get More for Less.” Foreign Aﬀairs. 92(1):153–162.

Hall, Peter A. 2015. “The Future of the Welfare State.” Pp. 255–65 in The Predistribution Agenda: Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth, edited by I. C. Chwalisz and P. Diamond. London, UK: IB Tauris.

Jacobs, Alan M. 2016. “Policy Making for the Long Term in Advanced Democracies.” Annual Review of Political Science19(1):433–54.

Koch, Max, Anne Therese Gullberg, Mi Ah Schoyen, and Bjorn Hvinden. 2016. “Sustainable Welfare in the EU: Promoting Synergies between Climate and Social Policies.” Critical Social Policy 36(4):704–15.

Barreto, Amílcar Antonio, and Kyle Lozano. 2017. “Hierarchies of Belonging: Intersecting Race, Ethnicity, and Territoriality in the Construction of US Citizenship.” Citizenship Studies 21(8):999–1014.

Shaefer, H. Luke, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy

Bruch, Sarah K., Marcia K. Meyers, and Janet C. Gornick. 2018. “The Consequences of

Decentralization: Inequality in Safety Net Provision in the Post–Welfare Reform Era.” Social Service Review 92 (1): 3–35.

Hoynes, Hilary, and Jesse Rothstein. 2019. Universal Basic Income in the US and Advanced

Countries. w25538. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Kearney, Melissa S., and Magne Mogstad. 2019. Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a Policy Response to Current Challenges. The Aspen Institute.

11/30 Session 13: Student Paper Presentations 12/07 Session 14: Student Paper Presentations

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We will be using the Discussion Board to engage with each other and make sense of the course content eachweek.

I will be holding virtual oﬃce hours by appointments this semester to accommodate those who are not in the same time zone. Please use Blackboard to schedule your virtual meetings.

Credit Hour Guidelines (Modified for Fall 2020):

In accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 34 CFR 602.24(f) and the requirements of Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3-credit seminar expects students to spend a total of 112.5 semester hours. The credit model is based on a 15-week semester, where you are expected to have 14 weeks of instruction and one week of examination/assessment period. This course is designed so that you are expected to spend a minimum total of 7.5 hours per week of combined direct instruction and independent learning for a total of 112.5 hours in a 15-week semester.

Writing Resources:

Although the course guides you through the process of formulating and understanding diﬃcult set of ideas, it does not teach you how to write better. If you need help with your writing, you should make an appointment with a writing consultant at the Writing Center (202-994-3765).

Academic Integrity:

“All students – undergraduate, graduate, professional full time, part time, law, etc. – must be familiar with and abide by the provisions of the Code of Academic Integrity.”

I expect that you meet the minimum standards for academic student conduct set forth by the Code of Academic Integrity and understand that your failure to uphold academic integrity in your coursework results in academic disciplinary sanctions.

Religious Holidays:

In accordance with University policy, please notify me during the first week of the semester if you plan to be absent from class to observe a religious holiday. You will be allowed to make up missed assignments withoutpenalty.

Disability Accommodations:

Students who qualify for access to disability accommodations should contact the Disability Support Services (DSS) at 202-994-8250, so that I can provide eﬀective and appropriate accommodations to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

The accommodation procedure involves three steps: (1) complete a registration form, (2) document your disability, and (3) request letters to professors.

For more information, visit their oﬃce in Rome Hall, Suite 102.

Mental and Psychological Wellness:

If you or your peers are experiencing emotional distress, please contact the Mental Health Services at the Colonial Health Center at 202-994-5300 (available 24/7).

Safety and Security:

In the case of an emergency, if at all possible, the class should shelter in place and call GWPD 202-994-6111 or 911.

If the building that the class is in is aﬀected, follow the evacuation procedures for the building. After evacuation, seek shelter at a predetermined rendezvous location. For active violence situation, see go.gwu.edu/shooterprep

For latest information, check out safety.gwu.edu/stay-informed

TSPPPA Statement on Classroom Expectations:

“Higher education works best when it becomes a vigorous and lively marketplace of ideas in which all points of view are heard. Free expression in the classroom is an integral part of this process. At the same time, higher education works best when all of us approach the enterprise with empathy and respect for others, irrespective of their ideology, political views, or identity. We value civility because that is the kind of community we want, and we care for it because civility permits intellectual exploration and growth.”

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