Influencing Social Policy synthesizes current knowledge about how
psychologists influence social policy to serve the public interest.
The volume builds upon interviews with 79 applied psychologists
about their experiences in the policy domain, with special focus on
the work of applied developmental psychologists, applied social
psychologists, and community psychologists. Additional foundations
of the volume include a review of social science scholarship across
a wide range of disciplines, and author Kenneth Maton's 30 years of
teaching on the topic, including frequent interactions with
Washington, DC, policy experts. Together, these sources provide
in-depth information about how applied psychologists influence
social policy, the factors that contribute to their success, the
challenges they face, and the approaches used to address those
challenges. The policy influences described span all three branches
of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. The policy
content areas are diverse, including the death penalty prohibition
for adolescents, early childhood education, gay marriage, gender
discrimination in the workplace, health and mental health care
reform, homelessness, home visiting programs, sexually abused child
witness treatment, status offender diversion from the juvenile
justice system, substance abuse prevention, and many others.
Influencing Social Policy is a must-have resource for graduate
students and professionals in a wide variety of disciplines with
interests in influencing social policy, including psychology,
education, public health, social work, policy studies,
anthropology, and sociology.
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