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Acknowledgements | |
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Preface | |
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Notes on Contributors | |
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Policy-Making and the Lack of Inclusiveness in the Human Services | |
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Introduction | |
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Policy: What Is It and Who Makes It? | |
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What is Policy? | |
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The Current Policy Environment and Who Makes Policy | |
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Policy-Making Models and Their Connection to Practice | |
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Generic Policy-Making Models | |
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Assessing How Policy-Making Models Connect to Practice | |
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Stages and Structures in the Policy-Making Process | |
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The Stages of the Policy-Making Process | |
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Structures in Policy-Making | |
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Analysing and Evaluating Social Policies | |
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Policy Analysis in the Human Services | |
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Using a Special Lens for Policy Analysis | |
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An Integrated Model for Policy Analysis | |
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The Role of Research and Evaluation in Policy Analysis | |
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Implementation: The Interface Between Policy and Practice | |
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Early Research on Implementation | |
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Implementation and the Impact on Practice | |
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Future Directions | |
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Toward an Inclusive Paradigm in Policy-Making | |
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Shared Decision-Making: A Case Study | |
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The Case for a Shared Decision-Making Model | |
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The Work of the Commission on Resources and the Environment | |
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The Lessons and Limitations of Public Participation | |
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Conclusion | |
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A Policy Community: Developing Guardianship Legislation | |
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Introduction and Context | |
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The Process of Legislative Change | |
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A Postscript: Summer 1993-Winter 1997-8--Waiting for Proclamation | |
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Personal Reflections | |
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Addendum | |
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Community Governance | |
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What Do We Mean by 'Community'? | |
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What Do We Mean by 'Governance'? | |
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The Advantages of Community Governance | |
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The Disadvantages of Community Governance | |
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Examples of Community Governance | |
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The Effectiveness of Community Governance | |
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Toward a Resolution | |
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Toward Inclusiveness in Policy and Practice | |
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A New Kind of Professional? | |
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A Concluding Comment | |
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Appendix | |
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A Social Policy Analysis of the 1996 Federal Reforms to Unemployment Insurance | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Index | |