Explores the basics of social policy and program analysis, such as designing new programs or evaluating and improving existing ones.
Social Policy and Social Programs is distinctive in providing specific criteria for judging the effectiveness of social policies and programs. These criteria can be applied to the analysis of widely different social services such as counseling and therapeutic services, supportive assistance, and “hard” benefits like food stamps, cash, and housing vouchers.
By focusing especially on social problems, policies, and programs in major practice areas like child welfare, health, poverty, and mental illness, the author provides students with the tools they need to understand and evaluate the programs in which they are doing their field placements.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
- Analyze the effectiveness of current social programs
- Create new programs based on the criteria provided
- Apply what they have learned to evaluate their field placement programs
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 Goal
