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