African Americans
Some relevant subject keywords that you can use in the Library Catalog include:
- African Americans Social Conditions
- Discrimination in Employment United States History
- Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980.
- Charles A. Murray. New York, Basic Books, 1984. Available?
- Race, Poverty and Public Policy.
- Mary Jo Bane. March 2005
- "African Americans with Disabilities and the Social Security Administration's Return-to-Work Incentives,"
- Reginald J. Alston. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 14(4), Spring 2004, 216-221.
- Review of SSCI policies and the cultural variables specific to African Americans that may negate return-to-work incentives.
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- " Race and American Social Policy,"
- Jill Quadagno. National Forum 76(3), Summer 1996, 35-38.
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- "Social Sources of Racial Disparities in Health,"
- David R. Williams and Pamela Braboy Jackson. Health Affairs 24(2), March/April 2005, 325-334.
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Hispanics/Latinos
- Latino Encyclopedia.
- Richard and Rafael Chabran, editors. New York, Marshall Cavendish, 1996. 6 vols.
- More than 1900 entries ranging from several paragraphs to signed full-length articles with annotated bibliographies relating to the Latino experience in the United States.
- Dana Call Number: Ref. E184 .S75L57 1996.
- Chicano Database
- c. 1960- . Index to some 130 journals, as well as books, book chapters, popular magazines, and newspapers relating to Chicanos/Chicanas and Mexican Americans. From 1992 forward, includes records for material on the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
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- "Latino Interests in Education, Health, and Criminal Justice Policy,"
- Valerie Martinez-Ebers et at. PS: Political Science and Politics 33(3), September 2000, 547-554.
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- The Social Security Program and Reform: A Latino Perspective. June 2005
- From the National Council of La Raza.
- "Reflections on Latino Advocacy and Welfare Reform in New Jersey,"
- Maria Josefa Canino-Arroyo. Centro Journal 15(1), Spring 2003, 176-195.
Immigrants
To find books on immigrants in the United States search The Library Catalog. Some relevant subject keywords include:
Immigrants United States
Immigrants United States Social Conditions
- "Immigrant Policy: Issues for Social Work Practice,"
- Yolanda C. Padilla. Social Work 42(6), November 1997, 595-606.
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- Executive Summary: U.S. Immigration: A Legislative History
- "Highlights the history of U.S. immigration legislation and the parallel rise and fall in numbers and changing ethnic makeup." From the Population Resource Center.
- Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990
- 22 Detailed tables.
- Immigration Debate: Politics, Ideologies of Anti-Immigration Forces.
- Tom Barry. June 17, 2005.
- An Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) Americas Program Special Report.
Gays
- Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
- Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock. Boston, Beacon Press, 2011. Available?
- Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America.
- Edited by Mitchell Gold. Austin, TX., Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2008. Available?
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
- Links from the National Association of Social Workers.
The Mentally Ill
To find books on the treatment of the mentally ill search the Rutgers Catalog Some relevant subject keywords include:
Mentally Ill Care United States
Mental Illness United States
- "History of Mental Health Services,"
- IN Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, Md., National Institute of Mental Health, 1999. Chapter 2, pp. 75; 78-80.
- "The Transformation of the Mental Hospital in the United States,"
- Gerald N. Grob. American Behavioral Scientist 28(5), May/June 1985, 639-654.
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The Mentally Disabled
To find books on the treatment of the mentally disabled search the Rutgers Catalog. Some relevant subject keywords include:
People with Mental Disabilities United States
- "A Short History of the Treatment of Persons With Mental Retardation,"
- David Goode. IN "And Now Let's Build a Better World": The Story of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, New York City 1948-1998. New York, AHRC, 1998. Chapter 1, pp.6-17.
The Physically Disabled
- Disability Harassment
- Mark C. Weber. New York, New York University Press, 2007. Available?
- Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality.
- Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2003. Available?
- "Living Stigma: The Impact of Labeling, Stereotyping, Separation, Status Loss, and Discrimination in the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families,"
- Sara Green et.al. Sociological Inquiry 75(2), May 2005, 197-215.
- "We examine the direct and vicarious impact of the social processes of felt and enacted stigma and their impact on the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families."
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- "Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity."
- Rebecca Puhl and Kelly D. Brownell. Obesity Research 9(12), December, 2001.
- "Reviews information on discriminatory attitudes and behaviors against obese individuals...Clear and consistent stigmatization, and in some cases discrimination, can be documented in three important areas of living: employment, education, and health care."
- Symposium: The Social Construction of Disability: Historical, Contemporary, an Comparative Views: Disabled Veterans and Public Welfare Policy: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Western States in the Twentieth Century
- Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 11(1), Spring 2001, entire issue.
- "War has probably been the most abiding cause of disability in human history, 1 eclipsed perhaps in recent centuries only by the grinding daily toll of industrial accidents."
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