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Schedule of Events Thursday, November 11
Friday, November 12

Friday, November 12

Introduction of Professor Joakim Palme

Hon. Pierre Schori
Former Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations and Visiting Professor in Political Science
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY


Keynote Presentation:
"The Future of the Social Democratic Model"

Joakim Palme
Director, Institute for Futures Studies;
Professor, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
Read more about Joakim Palme


Welfare Reform Round Table:
Looking Back and Looking Forward

Chair, Sheila D. Collins
Professor of Political Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Read Sheila D. Collins's paper (PDF 189KB)

Mimi Abramovitz
Professor of Social Work, Hunter College, School of Social Work, City University of New York, New York, NY

Robert Cherry
Professor of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, NY

Patricia M. Evans
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Read more about Patricia M. Evans

Heidi Hartmann
President, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C.; Research Professor, The George Washington University; Vice-Chair, National Council of Women's Organizations

Vicky Turetsky
Senior Staff Attorney, Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Washington, D.C.


Lunch Presentation, Challenges to Social Well-being
Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
Professor of Social Work, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY
Read more about Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg


Panel Presentations, Challenges to Social Well-being and Their Solutions


The Future of the Welfare State
"Capital's Renewed Attack on the French Welfare State: The Wages of Competitiveness"
Jean-Claude Delaunay
Professor of Economics, Université de Marne la Vallée, France

"The U.S. Welfare State: The Sky Isn't Falling"
Philip Harvey
Associate Professor Law and Economics, Rutgers School of Law, Camden, NJ
Read Philip Harvey's paper (PDF 364KB)

"Canada, Sweden, and the United States: Continuing Differences Despite Globalization"
Gregg Olsen
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


Policies That Challenge Solidarity and Social Priorities
"The Social Ethic Underlying 25 Years of Tax-Cut Policy in the United States: Consumer Sovereignty vs. Caring Citizenship"
Joel Blau
Professor of Social Policy, Stony Brook School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Read Joel Blau's paper (PDF 71KB)

"War Without End: The Domestic Economic Fallout of Empire"
Sheila D. Collins
Professor of Political Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

"The Punitive (Un)Welfare State: Penal Policies in the US in Comparative Perspective"
Marguerite G. Rosenthal
Professor, School of Social Work, Salem State College, Salem, MA
Read more about Marguerite G. Rosenthal
Read Marguerite G. Rosenthal's paper (PDF 219KB)


Full Employment: The Concept and the Reality
"What is Full Employment?"
Helen Lachs Ginsburg
Professor Emerita of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, NY
Read more about Helen Lachs Ginsburg

"The Waning of Total Employment: Japan's Labor Market after the 'Lost Decade'"
Masami Nomura
Professor of Labor Economics and Japanese Economy, Graduate School of Economics, Tohoku University, Tokyo, Japan
Read Masami Nomura's paper (PDF 108KB)

"The Development of America's Post-War Active Labor Market Policy"
Hugh Wilson
Professor, Department of Political Science, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY


Problems in Cultural Transfer of Public Policies
"The Urban Informal Sector and Environmental Health Policy in Nigeria"
Geoffrey I. Nwaka
Professor, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria

"Turkish Health Care Reform in the Era of Pax Americana: The Interplay of Social Class, the State and International Institutions"
Bugra Ozer
Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Read Bugra Ozer's paper (PDF 234KB)

"Responsibility vs. Accountability: Interventions by International Organizations in Guatemala and Malawi"
Hakan Seckinelgin
Lecturer in International Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
Read Hakan Seckinelgin's paper (PDF 149KB)


Expanded Definitions and Solutions to Social Disadvantage
"Creating New Policy Goals: From Self-Sufficiency to Personal Economic Sustainability"
Robert Leibson Hawkins
Assistant Professor, Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY
Read Robert Leibson Hawkins's paper (PDF 153KB)

"Questioning the Work Ethic: Basic Income as a Means of Promoting a More Efficient Labor Supply"
Michael A. Lewis
Associate Professor, Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Read Michael A. Lewis's paper (PDF 102KB)

"European Models of Poverty and Social Exclusion: North and South"
Enrica Morlicchio
Professor of Sociology of Development, University of Naples "Frederico II," Naples, Italy
Read more about Enrica Morlicchio
Read Enrica Morlicchio's paper (PDF 215KB)


Unemployment and Underemployment: Problems and Their Causes

"Dual Labor Market and the Working Poor: A Comprehensive Study"
David Gleicher
Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Economics, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Lonnie Stevens, Department of Quantitative Methods, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Read David Gleicher and Lonnie Stevens's paper (PDF 152KB)

"Chronic Unemployment, Underemployment and Diminished Social Welfare: The Role of Financial Institutions"
Jocelyn Pixley
Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology and Anthropology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Read Jocelyn Pixley's paper (PDF 114KB)

"Restoring Full Employment: The Natural Rate of Inflation versus the Natural Rate of Unemployment"
Harold Chorney
Professor of Public Policy, Graduate Program of Public Policy and Public Administration, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Read Harold Chorney's paper (PDF 171KB)


Health Care: Policies and Strategies for Their Achievement

"The Health Care Crisis: Catching the Wave"
Aaron Beckerman and Louis Levitt
Professor of Social Work, Emeriti, Wurzweiler School of Social Service, Yeshiva University, New York, NY

"The Long Island Health Access Monitoring Project: A Study of Access to Free Care That Led to Policy Change"
Linda Sue Greenfield
Assistant Professor, Adelphi University School of Nursing, Garden City, NY

"Health Benefits: Comparing the U.S. System with Universal Systems"
Susan Sarnoff
Associate Professor of Social Work, Ohio University Department of Social Work, Athens, OH
Read Susan Sarnoff's paper (PDF 138KB)


Addressing Shortages of Affordable Housing

"Issues in Design and Long-Term Management in Public Housing: Lessons from the Massive and Successful New York City Housing Authority"
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY
Read Nicholas Dagen Bloom's paper (PDF 59KB)

"Buying into Public Housing: A Brief History and Analysis of Modern Singapore's Homeownership Campaigns"
Nancy H. Kwak
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Columbia University, New York, NY

"Housing: Speculation or Shelter?"
George Locker
Attorney, Executive Committee Five Borough Institute, New York, NY


Strategies for Overcoming Social and Economic Disadvantage

"This Divided Jurisdiction: Nonprofit Legal Services in New Orleans"
Louis Crust
Ph.D. Candidate, College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Read Louis Crust's paper (PDF 132KB)

"A Movement for Economic Human Rights: Local and National Initiatives"
Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Willie Baptist and Joanne Hessmiller
Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign and the University of the Poor, Philadelphia, PA

"Capacity Building Policies: A "People Matter" Approach"
Janice Wood Wetzel
Professor Emerita and Former Dean, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY
Read Janice Wood Wetzel's paper (PDF 116KB)


Issues in Aging and Disability

"Political Economy Perspectives on Disability and Aging: Competing or Complementary Frameworks?"
Brian R. Grossman
Doctoral Student, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Read Brian R. Grossman's paper (PDF 127KB)

"Welfare Services for the Elderly in Sweden at the Beginning of the 21st Century--Still in Line with the Nordic Welfare State Model?"
Gun-Britt Trydegard
Ph.D., Researcher, Stockholm University, Sweden
Read Gun-Britt Trydegard's paper (PDF 258KB)

"Long Term Care: Disability as it Applies to the Frail Elderly"
Elizabeth Palley
Assistant Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY
Philip Rozario
Assistant Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY

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