School of Social Work College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

School of Social Work

Written Preliminary Exam Bibliographies

 

  • Social Welfare History Bibliography
  • Social Policy Bibliography
  • Practice Bibliography
  • Research Bibliography

    Social Welfare History Bibliography

    Abel, E. (1998). Valuing Care: Turn of the Century Conflicts
        Between Charity Wrkers and Women Clients. Journal of
        Women's History, 10 (3), 32-52.

    Abramovitz, Mimi (1996). Regulating the lives of women: Social
        welfare policy from colonial times to the present . Boston, MA:
        South End Press.

    Addams, J. (1910). Twenty years at Hull-House . New York:
        Signet.

    Chambers, Clarke A. (1967). Seedtime of reform: American social
        service and social action, 1918-1933. Ann Arbor: The
        University of Michigan Press.

    Costin, Lela B. (1985). The historical context of child welfare. In
        Joan Laird and Ann Hartmann, (Eds.), A handbook of child
        welfare: Context, knowledge, and practice (pp. 34-60). New
        York: The Free Press.

    Davis, Allen F. (1967). Spearheads for reform: The social
        settlements and the progressive movement 1890-1914 . New
        York: Oxford University Press.

    Gordon, Linda (1994). Pitied but not entitled: Single mothers and
        the history of welfare, 1890-1935 . New York: Free Press.

    Gordon, Linda. (1994). Heroes of their own lives: The politics and
        history of family violence. New York: The Free Press.

    Grob, Gerald N. (1994). The mad among us: A history of the care
        of America's mentally ill. New York: Free Press.

    Katz, M. (1986). In the shadow of the poorhouse. New York: The
        Free Press.

    Kunzel, R.G. Fallen women, problem girls: Unmarried mothers and
        the professionalization of social work, 1890-1945. New Haven:
        Yale University.

    Ladd-Taylor. M. (1994). Mother-work: Women, child welfare and
        the state: 1890-1930. Urbana and Chicago: University of
        Illinois.

    Lash-Quinn, E. (1993). Black neighbors: Race and the limits of
        reform in the American settlement house movement, 1890-
        1945. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

    Lubove, R. (1965). The professional altruist: The emergence of
        social work as a career, 1880-1930. Cambridge: Harvard
        University Press.

    Margolin, L. (1997). Under the cover of kindness: The invention of
        social work. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.

    Mink, G. (1995). The wages of motherhood: Inequality in the
        welfare state, 1917-1942. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

    Muncy, R. (1991). Creating a female dominion in American reform,
        1890-1935. NY: Oxford University Press.

    Piven, F. F. & Cloward, R. A. (1979). Poor people's movements .
        New York: Vintage Books.

    Quadagno, J. (1994). The color of welfare: How racism
        undermined the war on poverty. New York: Oxford University
        Press.

    Quadagno, J. The transformation of old age security : class and
        politics in the American welfare state. Chicago, IL: University
        of Chicago.

    Richmond, M. (1917). Social diagnosis. New York: Russell Sage
        Foundation.

    Schneider, E. (1993). In the web of class: delinquents and
        reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s. New York: New York
        University Press.

    Simon, B.L. (1994). The empowerment tradition in American social
        work: A history. NY : Columbia University Press.

    Skocpol, T. (1992). Protecting soldiers and mothers: The political
        origins of social policy in the United States. Cambridge, MA:
        Belknap Press.

    Specht, Harry & Courtney, Mark E. (1994). Unfaithful angels: How
        social work has abandoned its mission. New York: The Free
        Press.

    Trattner, W. I. (1999). From poor law to welfare state: A history
        of social welfare in America (6th ed.). New York: The Free
        Press. [May also use 1994, 5th ed.]

    Tiffin, S. (1982). In whose best interest?: Child welfare reform in
        the progressive era. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.

    Wenocur, S., & Reisch, M. (1989). From charity to enterprise: The
        development of American social work in a market economy.
        Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

    Social Policy Bibilography

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    Alock, P. & Craig, G. (2001). International social policy: Welfare
        regimes in the developed world. Palgrave MacMillan.

    Ambromovitz, M. (2000). Under attack, fighting back: Women and
        welfare in the United States. New York: Monthly Review Press.

    Blank, R., Haskins, R. & Armacost, M. (2002). The new world of
        welfare. The Brookings Institute.

    Chambers, Donald E. (2000). Social policy and social programs: A
        method for the practical public policy analyst. New York:
        Macmillan.

    Chatterjee, P. (1996). Approaches to the welfare state.
        Washington: NASW. Chapters 1, 5, 7

    Esping-Anderson, G. (1990). The three worlds of welfare
        capitalism. Princeton University Press.

    Gilens, M.. 2000. Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and
        the Politics of Antipoverty Policy. University of Chicago Press.

    Gilbert, Neil & Terrell, Paul (2001). Dimensions of social welfare
        policy (5th ed.). Pearson-Allyn & Bacon.

    Ginsberg, Leon (1998). Conservative social welfare policy: A
        description and analysis. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

    Handler, J., & Hasenfeld, Y. (1997). We the poor people: Work,
        poverty, and welfare. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Institute for Research on Poverty. (1998). Revising the poverty
        measure. Focus (Madison, WI), 19(2), 1-20.

    Jargowsky, Paul A. (1997). Poverty and place: Ghettos, barrios,
        and the American city. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

    Karger, Howard, & Stoez, David (1998). American social welfare
        policy: A Pluralist approach (2nd ed.). New York: Longman

    Lindblom, C. & Woodhouse, E. (1992) The policy making process.
        3rd Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

    Lindsey, Duncan (2003). The welfare of children. 2nd Edition. New
        York: Oxford University Press.

    Mead, Lawrence. (Ed.) (l997). The new Maternalism: Supervisory
        approaches to poverty. Washington: Brookings, Chapters 1-4.

    Miller-Adams, M. (2002). Owning up: Poverty, assets, and the
        American dream. The Brookings Institute.

    Noble, Charles (1997). Welfare as we knew it.: A political history
        of the American Welfare state. New York: Oxford University
        Press.

    Quadagno, J. (1996). The color of welfare; how racism
        underminded the war on poverty. New York: Oxford University
        Press.

    Reagan, Michael D. (1999). The Accidental System. Health Care
        Policy in America. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

    Rhoads, S. (1996). The economists view of the world:
        Government, markets and public policy. Cambridge University
        Press.

    Sabatier, P. (1999). Theories of the policy process: Theoretical
        lenses on public policy. Westview Press.

    Schneider, A. & Ingram, H. (1997). Policy design for democracy.
        Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. Chapters 1-4, pp.
        13-65.

    Skocpol, Theda (1995). Chapter 3. Gender and the origins of
        modern social policies in Britain and the U.S.' Social policy in
        the United States: Future possibilities in historical perspective
        (pp. 72-134). New Haven: Princeton University Press.

    Steuerle, C. E., & Bakija, J. M. (1997). Retooling social security for
        the 21st century. Social Security Bulletin, 60(2)f, 37-76.

    Titmuss, Richard M. (1968). Chapter 11. Commitment to welfare
        (pp. 124-137). London: George Allen and Unwin.

    U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. (2000 or current
        edition). The 2000 Green Book. U.S. Government Printing
        Office.*

    Weimer, D. & Vining, A. (1992). Policy analysis: Concepts and
        Practice. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Chapters 8 & 9

    Wilson, W. J. (l996). When work Disappears: Work and the new
        urban poverty. New York: Random House.

    *Required here is a basic understanding of the major programs described in this detailed report (i.e., OASDI, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income, Title XX Block Grant, Child Protection & Foster Care, PRWO & TANF) according to their major operating characteristics (CFR. Chambers above); as well as a detailed understanding of at least one of the above programs, including historical and evaluative content.

    Practice Bibliography

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    Akister, Jane (1998). Attachment theory and systemic practice:
        Research update. Journal of Family Therapy, 29 , 353-366.

    Compton, Beulah, & Galaway, Burt. (1989). Social work processes
        (6 th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

    Davidson, J. R. & Davidson, T. (1996). Confidentiality and
        managed care: Ethical and legal concerns. Health and Social
        Work, 21 (3), 208-215.

    Gambrill, E. (1997). Social work practice: A critical thinkers guide.
        Oxford University Press: New York.

    Goldberg, M. (2000). Conflicting principles in multicultural social
        work. Families in Society , 8 (1), 12-21.

    Gutierrez, Lorraine, Parsons, Ruth J., & Cox, Enid O. (1998).
        Empowerment in social work practice: A sourcebook . Pacific
        Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

    Hasenfeld, Y. (Ed.). (1992). Human services as complex
        organizations . Newbury Park: Sage.

    Hepworth, Dean H., Rooney, Ronald H., & Larsen, Jo Ann (1997).
        Direct social work practice: Theory and skills . (5 th ed.).
        Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

    Iglehart, Alfreda P., & Becerra, Rosina M. (1995). Social services
        and the ethnic community. Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

    Kwang, Sung-Chu, & Cowger, Charles D. (1998). Utilizing
        strengths in assessment. Families in Society, 79 , 25-31.

    Lum, Doman (1996). Social work practice and people of color: A
        process-stage approach. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

    Allen-Meares, P. & Garvin, C. (2000). Handbook of social work
        direct practice. Sage.

    National Association of Social Workers. Revised Code of Ethics.
        August, 1996.

    Reamer, F. G. (1995). Social work values and ethics. New York:
        Columbia University Press.

    Reid, William J. (1994). The empirical practice movement. Social
        Service Review, 68 (2), 165-184.

    Rivera, F., & Erlich, J. L. (1998). Community organizing in a diverse
        society . Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

    Roberts, Richard (1990). Lessons from the past: Issues for social
        work theory. New York: Tavistock/Routledge.

    Rooney, R. (1992). Strategies for work with involuntary clients .
        New York: Columbia University Press.

    Rothman, J., Erlich, J. L., & Tropman, J. (Eds.). (1995). Strategies
        of community intervention . Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock.

    Saleeby, Dennis. (Ed.). (1996). The strengths perspective in
        social work practice. (2 nd ed.). New York: Addison-Wesley.

    Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (1995). An introduction to group
        work practice. New York: MacMillan.

    Turner, F. J. (Ed.). (1996). Social work treatment: Interlocking
        theoretical approaches (4 th ed.). New York: Free Press.

    Witkin, S. (1991). Empirical clinical practice: A critical analysis.
        Social Work, 36 , 158-163.

    Research Bibliography

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    Anderson, M. L. (1993). Studying across difference: Race, class,
        and gender in qualitative research. In J.H. Stanfield & R.M.
        Dennis (Eds.) Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods (pp.39-
        52).

    Babbie, E. (2001). The Practice of Social Research (9 th ed.).
        Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

    Berlin, S. (1990). Dichotomous and complex thinking. Social
        Service Review, 64 (1), 46-59.

    Bloom, M., Fischer, J., & Orme, J. G. (1999). Evaluating practice:
        Guidelines for the accountable professional (3rd ed.). Needham
        Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

    Bogdan, Robert & Sari Knopp Biklen (l998). Qualitative research
        methods for education (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

    Brekke, John S. (1986). Scientific imperatives in social work
        research: Pluralism is not skepticism. Social Service Review, 60
        (4), 538-554.

    Cook, Thomas D., & Campbell, Donald T. (1979). Quasi    
        experimentation: Design and analysis for field settings. Boston:
        Houghton Mifflin.

    Ellis, Carolyn & Arthur P. Bochner (2000). Autoethnography,
        personal narrative, reflexivity: Researcher as subject. In
        Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds.) Handbook of
        qualitative research (2 nd ed.) (pp. 733-768).Thousand Oaks,
        CA: Sage.

    Epstein, William M. (1993). Randomized controlled trials in the
        human services. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 29 (3),
        3-10.

    Gallagher, B., Creighton, S., & Gibbons, J. (1995). Ethical dilemmas
        in social research: No easy solutions. British Journal of Social
        Work, 25 , 295-311.

    Gilgun, Jane F. (2001). Grounded theory, other inductive methods,
        and social work methods. In Bruce Thyer (Ed.), Handbook of
        social work research (pp. 345-364). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Gilgun, J. F. (1994). A case for case studies in social work
        research. Social Work, 39 , 371-389.

    Glaser, Barney G., & Straus, Anselm L. (1967). The discovery of
        grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. New
        York: Aldine Publishing Co.

    Heineman, M. (1981). The obsolete scientific imperative in social
        work research. Social Service Review, 55 (3), 371-397.

    Hudson, W. (1982). Scientific imperatives in social work research
        and practice. Social Service Review, 56 (2) 246-258.

    Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams
        (2001). Washington, D.C.: National Institutes of Health
        (http://cme.nci.nih.gov).

    Kanuha, V. K. (2000). "Being" native versus "going native":
        Conducting social work research as an insider. Social Work, 45
        (5), 439-447.

    Kincheloe, Joe L., & Peter McLaren (2000). Rethinking critical
        theory and qualitative research. In Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna
        S. Lincoln, Handbook of qualitative research (2 nd ed.)(pp.
        279-313). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Leonard, Victoria W. (1994). A Heideggerian phenomenological
        perspective on the concept of person. In Benner, Patricia
        (Ed.), Interpretive phenomenology: Embodiment, caring, and
        ethics in health and illness (pp. 43-63). Thousand Oaks, CA:
        Sage.

    Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, & Stephen J.
        Silverman (2000). Proposals that work (4th ed.). Newbury Park,
        CA: Sage.

    Reid, W. J. (1994). The empirical practice movement. Social
        Service Review, 68 (2), 165-184.

    Reinharz, Shulamit (1992). Feminist Methods in Social Research.
        New York: Oxford University Press. Five Chapters: Introduction
        (pp. 3-17); Feminist experimental research (pp. 95-108);
        Feminist action research (pp. 175-196); Original feminist
        research methods (pp. 214-239); Conclusions (pp. 240-269).

    Rothman, Jack, & Thomas, Edwin J. (Eds.). (1993). Intervention
        research. Binghampton, NY: The Hayworth Press.

    Rubin, A., & Babbie, E. (2001). Research methods for social work
        (4 th ed.).Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

    Ryan, Gery W., & H. Russell Bernard (2000). Data management
        and analysis methods. In Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S.
        Lincoln, Handbook of qualitative research (2 nd ed.)(pp. 769-
        802). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Schwandt, Thomas A. (2000). Three epistemological stances for
        qualitative inquiry: Interpretivism, Hermeneutics, and social
        constructionism. In Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln,
        Handbook of qualitative research (2 nd ed.)(pp. 189-213).
        Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Sherman, Edmund, & & William Reid, (Eds.) (1994). Qualitative
        research in social work. New York: Columbia University Press.

    Sohng, S., & Ashford, J. (1994). Are traditional empirical research
        methods inherently biased against people of color? Yes/No. In
        W. Hudson & P. Nurius (Eds.), Controversial issues in social
        work research (pp. 22-36). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn &
        Bacon.

    Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research:
        Grounded theory procedures and techniques (2 nd ed.).
        Thousand Oaks, CA: CA: Sage.

    Uehara, E., et al. (1996). Toward a value-based approach to
        multicultural social work research. Social Work, 41 (6), 613-
        632.

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Public Health
        Service (2001). PHS 398 Instruction and Forms. Washington
        DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. Form and
        instruction can be download from
        http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html

    Wakefield, J. (1995). When an irresistible epistemology meets an
        immovable ontology. Social Work Research 19 (1), 9-18.

    Wakefield, J., & Kirk, S. (1997). What the practitioner knows
        versus what the client is told. Journal of Social Work
        Education, 33 (2), 275-291.

    Weick, A. (1991). The place of science in social work. Journal of
        Sociology and Social Welfare, XVIII (4), 13-34.

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