Neil Gilbert
Chernin Professor

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University of California, Berkeley
School of Social Welfare
120 Haviland Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-7400
(510) 642-4362 office
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ngilbert@berkeley.edu
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Articles and Chapters
113. Neil Gilbert, “The Least Generous Welfare State: A Case of Blind Empiricism," Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (forthcoming).
 112. Neil Gilbert, “Comparative Analyses of Stateness and State Action: What Can We Learn From Patterns of Expenditure?” in Jens Alber and Neil Gilbert (Eds.), United in Diversity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
111. Jens Alber and Neil Gilbert, “The Epistemology of Comparative Analyses: What Do We Know? in Jens Alber and Neil Gilbert (Eds.), United in Diversity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).
110. Neil Gilbert, “Accounting for Employee Benefits: Issues of Measurement, Valuations and Social Equivalencies,” in Kenneth Couch and Asghar Zaidi, Measuring Poverty: Lessons From Europe (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
109. Neil Gilbert, "European Measures of Poverty and Social Exclusion: Material Deprivation, Consumption and Satisfaction," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 28:4 (2009).
108.
 Neil Gilbert. "Women's Work: Updating Feminism for Families," The American Interest (July/August 2009).
107.
 Neil Gilbert. "U.S. Welfare Reform: Rewriting the Social Contract," Journal of Social Policy (forthcoming July 2009).
106.
 Neil Gilbert "Motherhood, Work, and Family Policy," in Jill Berrick and Neil Gilbert (Eds.), Raising Children: Emerging Need, Modern Risks and Social Responses (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).
105.
 Jing Guo and Neil Gilbert. "Welfare State Regimes and Family Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis," International Journal of Social Welfare (October 2007).
104.
 Neil Gilbert.“The Enabling State? From Public to Private Responsibility for Social Protection: Pathways and Pitfalls,” OECD Employment and Migration Working Papers, No.26, (2005).
103.
 Neil Gilbert. "Family Life: Sold on Work," Society (March/April 2005).
  * Summary reprint in Chronicle of Higher Education (February 28).
102.
 Neil Gilbert.“ Protection to Activation: The Apotheosis of Work:,” in Peter Saunders (Ed.), Welfare to Work in Practice (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2005).
101.
 Neil Gilbert.“What Do Women Really Want,” The Public Interest (Winter, 2005)
  * Summary reprint in The American Enterprise.
100. Neil Gilbert. “Advocacy Research Overstates the Incidence of Date and Acquaintance Rape,” in Richard Gelles and Donileen Loseke (Eds.), Controversies on Family Violence (2nd edition) (New Bury Park: Sage publications, 2004).
99.
 Neil Gilbert.“Welfare, Poverty and Social Services: International experiences,” in Midgley and Hokenstad (Eds.), Social Welfare: Innovations From Abroad (Washington DC: NASW Press, 2004).
98.
 Neil Gilbert. “Productive Welfare and the Market Economy: Korea’s Enabling State,” in Ramesh Mishra, Stein Khunle, and Neil Gilbert, Modernizing the Korean Welfare State: The Productive Welfare Model (Rutgers: Transaction Publishers, 2003).
97.
 Neil Gilbert, “Welfare Policy in the U.S.: The Road from Income Maintenance to Workfare,” Neil Gilbert and Antoine Parent (Eds.), Welfare Reform : A Comparative Assessment of French and U.S. Experiences (New Brunswick: Transaction Publications, 2003).
93.
 Neil Gilbert and Rebecca Van Voorhis. “Emerging Patterns,” in Gilbert and Van Voorhis (Eds.), Changing Patterns of Social Protection (New Brunswick: Transaction Publications, 2003).
92.
 Neil Gilbert and Rebecca Van Voorhis. “The Paradox of Family Policy,” Society (September 2003).
94.
 Neil Gilbert. "Tax Expenditures," "Claw Back," "Bubble Effect," International Encyclopedia of Social Policy (London: Routledge, forthcoming).
93.
 Neil Gilbert, “Renegotiating Social Allocations: Choices and Issues,” in Neil Gilbert (Ed.), Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001).
92.
 Neil Gilbert and Rebecca A. Van Voorhis. “Activating the Unemployed: The Challenge Ahead,” in Neil Gilbert and Rebecca A. Van Voorhis (Eds.), Activating the Unemployed: A Comparative Appraisal of Work-Oriented Policies (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001).
91.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Functions of the Welfare State: Perspectives on Solidarity,” In S. Mueller, H. Suenker, T. Olk, and K. Boellert (Eds.), Soziale Arbeit. Gesellschaftliche Bedingungen Professionelle Perspektiven. Luchterhand (Verlag: Neuwied, 2000) (Social Work. Social Conditions and Professional Perspectives). 
90.
 Neil Gilbert. “Dienstleistungskontrakte: Strategien und Riskiken,” in Hans-Uwe Otto and Stefan Schnurr (Eds.), Privatisierung und Wettbewerb in der Jugendhilfe (Germany: Luchterhand 2000) (“Contracting for Services: Methods and Pitfalls”). 
89.
 Neil Gilbert, “Pluralism and Social Policy,” in J. Midgley, M. Tracy, and M. Livermore (Eds.), Handbook of Social Policy (Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 2000). 
88.
 Neil Gilbert. Selvhjelpsstaten et Nytt Paradigme for Sosial Trygghet (The Enabling State: An Emerging Paradigm for Social Protection translated into Norwegian) (Oslo: Fafo, Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science, 1999). 
87.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Size and Influence of the Underclass: An Exaggerated View,” Society, 37:1, (December 1999). 
86.
 Neil Gilbert, “Special Issue Editorial: Protecting Children: Policies and Practices in Child Welfare,” International Journal of Social Welfare (October, 1999).
85.
 Neung-Hoo Park and Neil Gilbert, “Social Security and the Incremental Privatization of Retirement Income,” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 26:2 (June 1999).
84.
 Neil Gilbert. “From Service to Social Control: Implications of Welfare Reform for Professional Practice in the U.S.,“ European Journal of Social Work, 1:1 (1998).  
83.
 Neil Gilbert, “Privatization and Professionalization: Challenges to Service Delivery in the U.S.,” in Gaby Flosser and Hans-Uwe (Eds.), Toward More Democracy in Social Services (Walter De Gruyter: Berlin 1998). 
82.
 Neil Gilbert. “ Remodeling Social Welfare” Society (July/August, 1998).  
81.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Security as an Instrument for Social Cohesion: Overview of Possibilities and Limitations” International Social Security Association/Tec/Conf2 (March 1998).
80.
 Rebecca Van Voorhis and Neil Gilbert. “The Structure and Performance of Child Abuse Reporting Systems,” Children and Youth Services Review (1998). 
79.
 Neil Gilbert. “Advocacy Research and Social Policy,” in Michael Tonry (Ed.), Crime and Justice: A Review of Research (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997). 
78.
 Neil Gilbert, “Harry Specht: Biographical Sketch,” Encyclopedia of Social Work (19th edition) (New York: NASW Press, 1997). 
77.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Security in the United States: From Welfare to Enabling State,” in International Institute of Administrative Science Working Group on Social Security Systems (Eds.), Transformations in Social Security Systems (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1997). 
76.
 Neil Gilbert. “Working Families: Hearth to Market,” in Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, and Steve Sugarman (Eds.), The Evolving American Family: New Policies for New Families (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
75.
 Barbara Needell and Neil Gilbert. “Child Welfare and the Extended Family” in Jill Duerr Berrick, Richard Barth and Neil Gilbert (Eds.), Child Welfare Research Review Vol. II (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997). 
74.
 Ruth Lawrence Karski, Neil Gilbert, and Laura Frame. “Evaluating the Emergency Response System’s Screening, Assessment, and Referral of Child-Abuse Reports," California Policy Seminar Brief, Vol. 9, No. 5 (December 1997). 
73.
 Neil Gilbert. “Balancing Priorities on Welfare Reform,” Society (May/June 1996). 
72.
 Neil Gilbert, “Welfare Reform: Implications and Alternatives, Hastings Women's Law Journal, 7:2 (1996). 
71.
 Neil Gilbert and Neung Hoo Park. “Privatization, Provision, and Targeting: Trends and Policy Implications for Social Security in the U.S., “ International Social Security Review (1996) (translated in French, Spanish, and German).
70.
 Neil Gilbert, “Welfare Reform: It’s Not About Money,” Ethics and Policy (Summer 1995).  
69.
 Neil Gilbert. “Sexual Abuse Prevention in the United States: An Evaluation of Research and Practice,” in Handbuch Sexueller Missbrauch (Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse), Katharina Rutschky and Reinhart Wolff (Eds.) (Hamburg: Ingrid Klein Verlag, 1994) (published in German). 
68.
 Neil Gilbert, “Was It Rape? An Examination of Sexual Abuse Statistics,” The American Enterprise (September/October, 1994). 
  * Reprinted in Lawrence Salinger (Ed.), Deviant Behavior (Guilford, CT: Brown and Benchmark Publishers, 1995);
  * Revised version reprinted in Rita Simon (Ed.), Neither Victim nor Enemy: Women's Freedom Network Looks at Gender in America (Lanham, MD: University Press of America and Women's Freedom Network, 1995).
  * Reprinted in Peter Adler and Patti Adler (Eds.), Constructions of Deviance: Social Power Context, and Interaction (Wadsworth Publishing, 1996).
67.
  Neil Gilbert. “Why the New Workfare Won't Work” Commentary (May 1994). 
  * Reprinted in Scott Barbour (Ed.), Work: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994).
  * Reprinted in Michael Cooley and Katherine Powell (Eds.), Making Choices: Reading Issues in Context (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996).
66. Helen Ahn and Neil Gilbert. “Cultural and Ethnic Factors in Preventing Child Abuse,” in Schulische Pravention Gegensexuelle Kindesmisshandlung (Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in School: Between Hope and Reality), editor Brunhilde Marquardt-Mau (Juventa Verlag, 1995) (published in German).
65.
 Jill Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert, “Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in American Primary Schools,” in Schulische Pravention Gegensexuelle Kindesmisshandlung (Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in School: Between Hope and Reality), editor Brunhilde Marquardt-Mau (Juventa Verlag, 1995) (published in German). 
64.
 Neil Gilbert and Kwong Leung Tang. “Privatization of Social Welfare in the United States: Scope, Rationale, and Performance,” in Norman Johnson (Ed.), Private Markets in Social Welfare: An International Perspective (Berg Publishers, 1995). 
63.
 Jill Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert. “Should Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Be Required in the Schools?” in Eileen Gambrill and Mary Ann Mason, Issues in Child Welfare (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994). 
62.
 Neil Gilbert. “From Welfare to Enabling State,” in Adalbert Evers and Ivan Svetlik (Eds.), Shifts in the Welfare Mix (London: Avebury/Aldershot, 1994).  
61.
 Neil Gilbert. “Gender Equality and Social Security,” Society (May/June, 1994). 
60.
 Neil Gilbert. “Miscounting Social Ills,” Society (March/April, 1994). 
59.
 Neil Gilbert. “Touch and Stop,” Reason (March 1994). 
58.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Policy and Family Relations: Choices for Change,” International Social Security Review, 3/4 (1994) (translated in French, Spanish and German). 
57.
 Neil Gilbert. “Gender Equality, Family Policy, and Social Care,” in Peter Saunders and Sheila Shaver (Eds.), Theory and Practice in Australian Social Policy. Proceedings of the National Social Policy Conference, Sydney, July 14-17, 1993.  
56.
 Helen Ahn and Neil Gilbert. “Cultural Diversity and Sexual Abuse Prevention,” Social Service Review (September, 1992). 
  * Reprinted in Lois McDermott, Culture and Sexuality (4th edition) (Simon and Schuster, 1996).
55.
 Neil Gilbert. “Realities and Mythologies of Rape,” Society (May/June 1992). 
  * Revised version reprinted in Richard Gelles and Donileen Loseke, Current Controversies on Family Violence (Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, forthcoming);
  * Human Sexuality-Annual Editions, 1992;
  * Selected as most significant article in 1992 for reprinting in Irving Horowitz (Ed.), 35th Anniversary Edition of Society (Jan./Feb., 1998).
54.
 Neil Gilbert. “From Entitlements to Incentives: The Shifting Philosophy of Social Protection,” International Social Security Review (March 1992) (in French, Spanish, and German). 
53.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Constraints on Primary Prevention: The Case of Child Abuse Prevention,” in Hans-Uwe Otto and Gaby Flosser (Eds.), How to Organize Prevention: Political, Organizational, and Professional Challenges to Social Services (Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 1992). 
52.
 Neil Gilbert. “My Turn,” Violence Update, (January 1992). 
51.
 Neil Gilbert. “Foreword” to Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy by Michael Sherraden.
50.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Responsibility and Social Accounting: Time for a New Ledger,” The Responsive Community (Winter 1992/93).
49.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,” The Public Interest, (Spring 1991).
  * Reprinted in Hadley Smith (Ed.), Reading and Writing in the Academic Community (Prentice-Hall Inc., forthcoming);
  * Katherine Bartlett, Gender and Law (Little Brown, forthcoming); and
  * Violence Against Women (San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994);
  * Cynthia Hardy, Rape and the Criminal Justice System (Dartmouth Publishing).
48.
 Neil Gilbert. “Changing Structures for the Delivery of Social Services in the United States: Decentralization, Privatization, and Commercialism,” in Testing the Limits of Social Welfare Adaptation: Nine International Perspectives (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1989).  
47.
 Neil Gilbert. “Privatization of Social Welfare and Aging,” Nmenkin to Koyou (Japanese Journal of Pensions and Employment, 1989). 
46.
 Neil Gilbert. “Sexual Abuse Prevention Training: Issues of State Intervention,” in Joe Hudson and Burt Galloway (Eds.), The State as Parent (Dordrecht: Kluwer Publications, 1989).
45.
 Neil Gilbert. “Teaching Children To Prevent Sexual Abuse,” The Public Interest (Fall 1988).
  * Reprinted in Current Municipal Problems, 15:4 (1989).
44.
 Neil Gilbert and Ailee Moon, “Analyzing Welfare Effort: An Appraisal of Comparative Methods,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 7:2 (1988).  
43.
 Neil Gilbert. “Caring for Children: The Unfinished Business of Welfare Reform,” Society/Transaction (March/April 1987).
  * Reprinted in Ray C. Rist (Ed.), Policy Issues for the 1990s: Policy Studies Review. Annual Vol. 9 (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1989). 
42.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Welfare State Adrift,” Social Work (July/August 1986).  
41.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht, “Social Planning-Community Organization: Overview,” in Encyclopedia of Social Work (18th edition) (New York: NASW, 1986). 
40.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Commercialization of Social Welfare,” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (December 1985). 
39.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Reorganization of Social Services: Trends in Finance and Regulation,” Policy Notes (Fall 1985). 
38.
 Neil Gilbert. “Moral Objections to Welfare for Profit: A Reply,” Journal of Social Policy (July 1984). 
37.
 Neil Gilbert. “Welfare for Profit: Moral, Empirical, and Theoretical Perspectives,” Journal of Social Policy (January 1984). 
36.
 Neil Gilbert. “In Support of Domesticity: A Neglected Family Policy Option,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Summer 1983). 
35.
 Neil Gilbert. “Social Security in Developing Countries: Health Care Alternatives for the Rural Sector,” in Helen Wallace and G. B. Ebrahim (Eds.), Maternal and Child Health Around the World (New York: Macmillan, 1982). 
34.
 Neil Gilbert. “Further Thoughts on Primary Prevention - Author Responds,” Social Work, 27:6 (November 1982).
33.
 Neil Gilbert. “Policy Issues in Primary Prevention,” Social Work (July 1982).
32.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Plight of Universal Social Services,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Spring 1982). 
31.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “A Fair Share for the Aged: Title XX Allocation Patterns 1976-1980,” Research on Aging, 4:1 (March 1982). 
30.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Future of Welfare-Capitalism,” Society/Transaction (Sept./Oct. 1981). 
29.
 Neil Gilbert. Harry Specht and David Lindeman. “Social Service Planning Cycles: Ritualism or Rationalism,” Social Service Review (September 1981). 
28.
 Stephanie FallCreek and Neil Gilbert. “The Aging Network in Transition: Problems and Prospects,” Social Work (May 1981). 
27.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Design of Community Planning Structures,” Social Service Review (December 1979).
26.
 Neil Gilbert. “An Initial Agenda for Family Policy,” in Neil Gilbert (Ed.), Social Work: Special Issue on Family Policy, 24:6 (November 1979). 
25.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Title XX Planning by Area Agencies on Aging: Efforts, Outcomes, and Policy Implications,” The Gerontologist (June 1979). 
24.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Transformation of Social Services,” Social Service Review (December 1977).
  * Reprinted in James Burke, et al. (Eds.), Social Policy and Social Service (Lexington, MA: Ginn & Co., 1980); and
  * Louis Cheng (Ed.), Towards the 1980s: Readings in Social Work (Singapore, University of Singapore 1980). 
23.
 Neil Gilbert. “Editorial Board Membership—Comments,” American Psychologist (December 1977). 
22.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Search for Professional Identity,” Social Work (September 1977). 
21.
 Neil Gilbert. “The Burgeoning Social Service Payload,” Transaction/Society (May/June 1977).
20.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Process vs. Task in Social Planning,” Social Work (May 1977). 
19.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Quantitative Aspects of Coordination: Is More Better? Administration in Social Work (Spring 1977). 
18.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Social Planning and Community Organization,” in Encyclopedia of Social Work (17th edition) (New York: NASW, 1977). 
17. Neil Gilbert. “Alternative Forms of Social Protection for Developing Countries,” Social Service Review, 50:3 (September 1976). 
16.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Advocacy and Professional Ethics,” Social Work, 21:4 (July 1976).
  * Reprinted in Fred Cox, et al., Strategies of Community Organization (3rd edition) (Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers, 1979). 
15.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht, “Picking Winners: Federal Discretion and Local Experiences as Bases for Planning Grant Allocations,” Public Administration Review, 34:6 (November/December 1974). 
14.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Socio-Political Correlates of Community Action: An Analysis of Conflict, Political Integration and Citizen Influence,” Sociological Review Monographs, No. 21, Sociology of Community Action (December 1974).
13.
 Neil Gilbert, Harry Specht and Charlane Brown. “Demographic Correlates of Citizen Participation: Race, Size, and Citizen Influence,” Social Service Review (December 1974).  
12.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “The Incomplete Profession,” Social Work, 19:6 (November 1974).
  * Reprinted in Harry Specht and Ann Vickery (Eds.), Integrating Methods of Social Work Practice (London: Allen Unwin, 1977). 
11. Neil Gilbert, Armin Rosenkranz and Harry Specht, “Dialectics of Social Planning,” Social Work (April 1973).
10.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Institutional Racism and Educational Policy,” Journal of Social Policy (January 1973).
9.
 Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht. “Institutional Racism,” Urban and Social Change Review, 6:1 (Fall 1972).
8.
 Neil Gilbert. “Assessing Service Delivery Methods: Some Unanswered Questions,” Welfare in Review (May/June 1972). 
7.
 Neil Gilbert and Joseph W. Eaton. “Who Speaks for the Poor? Research Report,” Journal of the American Institute of Planners (November 1970).
  * Reprinted in Warren Bennis, et al., The Planning of Change (3rd edition) (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1976).
6.
 Neil Gilbert and Joseph Eaton. “Favoritism as a Strategy in Race Relations,” Social Problems (Summer 1970).
  * Reprinted in Jack Rothman, Issues in Race and Ethnic Relations (Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers, 1976).
5.
 Joseph Eaton and Neil Gilbert. “Racial Discrimination and Diagnostic Differentiation,” in Roger Miller (Ed.), Race, Research, and Reason (New York: National Association of Social Workers, 1969). 
4.
 Neil Gilbert. "Maximum Feasible Participation? A Pittsburgh Encounter," Social Work (July 1969).
3.
 Neil Gilbert. "Neighborhood Coordinator: Advocate or Middleman?” Social Service Review (June 1969). 
2.
 Neil Gilbert. “Who's Got the Poor?” The Pittsburgh Point (September 12, 1968).
1.
 Norman Johnson, Robert Wyer, and Neil Gilbert. “Quality Education and Integration: An Exploratory Study,” Phylon (Fall 1967).

 
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