Social Policy and Social Programs

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