SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY 09.12.18 Flashcards
1
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policy analysis
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- policy practitioner must decide among policy options
- systematic analysis of any and all components of policy process
a. policy choice/formulation
b. policy implementation
c. evaluation - not linear
- not an exact process
- several ways
2
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a. policy choice/formulation
POLICY ANALYSIS
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- different pices of the policy
- who are involved
- definition of the issue
- who defines it
3
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b. policy implementation
POLICY ANALYSIS
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- what will be implemented to help who are involved in the issue
4
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c. evaluation
POLICY ANALYSIS
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- did the policy work
- where does the evaluation come from
- constant evaluation
5
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analytic framework
social policies can be examined in terms of
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- intention and objectives
- administrative and financial arrangements
- outcomes
6
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- intentions and objectives
analytic framework
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- can often be vague and ambiguous
- goals may be contradictory
a. redistribution (vertical and horizontal)
b. risk management
c. reduction of social exclusion
7
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- administrative and financial arrangements
analytic framework
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ADMINISTRATIVE a. regulation/laws b. services in kind (non-material) c. cash benefits (material) FINANCIAL a. taxation
8
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- outcomes
analytic framework
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- results of policy
- intentions that lie behind the policy
- intended and unintended outcome
9
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public social expenditure
Baldock
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- made directly by governemnts
- pensions, EI
10
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private social expenditure
Baldock
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- non-government organizations
11
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exclusively private spending
Baldock
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- VOLUNTARY form of spending and consumption
- families, individuals, church
