Social Policy and Social Programs: A Method for the Practical Public Policy Analyst Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package

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Table of Contents:
Found in this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents 1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS   Preface   PART ONE: CREATING THE CONTEXT FOR SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS: THE SOCIAL PROBLEM CONTEXT Chapter 1: Analyzing the Social Problem Background of Social Policies and Social Programs   PART TWO: A STYLE OF POLICY ANALYSIS FOR THE PRACTICAL PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST Chapter 2: An Overview of a Style of Policy Analysis: A Value-Critical Approach Chapter 3: The Analysis of Policy Goals and Objectives in Social Programs and Policies Chapter 4: Who Gets What: The Analysis of Types of Benefits and Services Chapter 5: Who Gets What, How Much, and Under What Conditions: Analysis of Eligibility Rules Chapter 6: Analysis of Service-Delivery Systems and Social Policy and Program Design Chapter 7: How Do We Pay for Social Welfare Policies and Programs? Analysis of Financing Chapter 8: Analysis of Interactions among Policy Elements   PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS USING BASIC CONCEPTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: AN EXAMPLE Chapter 9: An Example of Social Policy and Social Program Analysis: Selected Features of Federal Child Welfare Legislation since 1970 Concerned with Child Abuse   Notes Photo Credits Index 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface   PART ONE: CREATING THE CONTEXT FOR SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS: THE SOCIAL PROBLEM CONTEXT Chapter 1: Analyzing the Social Problem Background of Social Policies and Social Programs The Nature of Social Problems Social Problem Analysis Problem Definition Causes and Consequences Ideology and Values Gainers and Losers Using the Conclusions of Social Problem Analysis to Design Social Policies and Programs and to Judge Their “Fit” to the Social Problem Summary   PART TWO: A STYLE OF POLICY ANALYSIS FOR THE PRACTICAL PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST Chapter 2: An Overview of a Style of Policy Analysis: A Value-Critical Approach The Policy and Program Analysis Process: An Overview of the Six Fundamental Policy Elements Criteria for a Value-Critical Appraisal of Social Policy and Programs Summary   Chapter 3: The Analysis of Policy Goals and Objectives in Social Programs and Policies Introduction Definitions and Basic Concepts for Analysis of Goals and Objectives Different Types of Goals and Objectives Long-Term/Short-Term Goals and Objectives Goals Differ from Latent Social Functions Distinguishing between Goals and Objectives Objectives (Not Goals) Must Contain Target Group Specifications and Performance Standards Why Have Both Goals and Objectives? Setting Goals and Objectives in the Personal Social Services Social Control and Program and Practice Objectives Goals and Objectives Vary According to the Developmental Stage of the Program Methods of Identifying Goals and Objectives Step 1: Locate the Enabling Legislation Step 2: Locate Legislative History Step 3: Locate Staff and Committee Studies and Reports Step 4: Check Other “Official” Sources Locating Sources for Goals and Objectives in State-Administered and Private Social Programs Evaluating Program or Policy System Goals and Objectives: A Value-Critical Approach Evaluating the Fit between Goals and Objectives and the Social Problem Analysis Evaluating Goals and Objectives against Traditional Economic Criteria: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency Adequacy Equity With Respect to Goals and Objectives Efficiency With Respect to Goals and Objectives Some Evaluation Criteria Unique to Goals and Objectives Clarity Measurability Manipulability Concern with Outcomes, Not Services Provided The Analyst’s Own Value Perspectives in Evaluating the Merit of Goals and Objectives Summary   Chapter 4: Who Gets What: The Analysis of Types of Benefits and Services Introduction A Classification Scheme for Benefit and Service Types Summary of Types of Benefits and Services Multiple and Interrelated Benefits Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit and Service Types Stigmatization, Cost-Effectiveness, Substitutability, Target Efficiency, and Trade-Offs The Political and Public Administration Viewpoint Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit Types: Consumer Sovereignty, Coercion, and Intrusiveness Criteria for Evaluating the Fit of the Benefit/Service Type to the Social Problem Analysis Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit Forms: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency Summary   Chapter 5: Who Gets What, How Much, and Under What Conditions: Analysis of Eligibility Rules Introduction Types of Eligibility Rules Eligibility Rules Based on Prior Contributions Eligibility by Administrative Rule and Regulation Eligibility by Private Contract Eligibility by Professional Discretion Eligibility by Administrative Discretion Eligibility by Judicial Decision Eligibility by Means Testing Establishing Attachment to the Workforce Eligibility Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Eligibility Rules Fit with the Social Problem Analysis Criteria Specific to Eligibility Rules Trade-Offs in Evaluating Eligibility Rules Overwhelming Costs, Overutilization, and Underutilization Work Disincentives, Incentives, and Eligibility Rules Procreational Incentives, Marital Instability, and Generational Dependency Opportunities for Political Interference via Weak Eligibility Rules Summary   Chapter 6: Analysis of Service-Delivery Systems and Social Policy and Program Design Introduction Social Policy and Program Design Program Theory (The Logic Model) Program Specification Some Different Types of Administration and Delivery of Social Service Programs, Benefits, and Services Centralized Service-Delivery Systems Client-Centered Management and “Inverted Hierarchy” Service-Delivery Systems Federated Service-Delivery Organizations Case-Management Service-Delivery Systems Staffing with Indigenous Workers as a Service-Delivery Strategy Referral Agencies in Delivering Social Service Program Consumer/Beneficiary, Client-Controlled Organizations as a Service-Delivery Strategy Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Agencies as a Service-Delivery Strategy Privatization of Service Delivery Criteria for Evaluating Program Administration and Service Delivery Introduction Services and Benefits Should Be Integrated and Continuous Services and Benefits Should Be Easily Accessible Organizations Should Be Accountable for Their Actions and Decisions Citizens and Consumers Should Be Participating in Organizational Decision Making Organizations and Their Staff Must Be Able to Relate to Racial, Gender, and Ethnic Diversity Organizations Must Resist the Temptation to Self-Perpetuate Summary   Chapter 7: How Do We Pay for Social Welfare Policies and Programs? Analysis of Financing Introduction Evaluative Criteria Specific to Financing   Chapter 8: Analysis of Interactions among Policy Elements Introduction Coentitlement Disentitlement Contrary Effects Duplication Summary   PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS USING BASIC CONCEPTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: AN EXAMPLE Chapter 9: An Example of Social Policy and Social Program Analysis: Selected Features of Federal Child Welfare Legislation since 1970 Concerned with Child Abuse The Social Problem Context Definition of the Social Problem The Ideological Perspective Causal Analysis Gainers and Losers The Judicial Context The Historical Context The Social Program and Policy System Introduction Goals and Objectives Eligibility Rules Form of Benefit and/or Service Administration and Service Delivery Financing Interactions between Basic Policy Elements and between This and Other Programs   Notes Photo Credits Index

About the Author :
Donald Chambers received his undergraduate degree in Biology and Psychology from Stanford University in 1950, his Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Nebraska in 1952 and his Doctoral degree from Washington University (St. Louis) in 1967. He practiced as a social worker in Nebraska for nine years and was Director of a regional mental health clinic in Pocatello, Idaho for three years before his appointment to the staff of the Mental Health Institute at Clarinda, Iowa.  He retired after 27 years as a Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas where he taught social policy courses and evaluation research for many years. He did research at the British Library in London, England, on policy topics, primarily the British Workman's Compensation system and the British tradition of social policy. In various years he was the recipient of Fulbright Research awards for the study of adoption law and administration in Central American countries. He is the author of a book on Evaluation Research as well as on a method for the analysis of Social Policy and Programs. Over the years he published in leading policy journals in both England and the United States.   Jane Bonk has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts for St. John’s College, a Masters from the School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago, and earned a Ph.D. from Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. She has worked as a practitioner and an administrator for over thirty years in both non-profit and for-profit social welfare organizations in child welfare and mental health. She has taught at the Master’s Level in social work. Currently, she is a Commissioner for the Council on Accreditation (COA) where she has been very active in implementing The Hague Treaty for International Adoption.

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“Excellent...really appreciate the clarity in defining terms and providing examples.” -Tammie Glenn, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor