Test 1 Flashcards
Content analysis
Description of existing policy Intentions Problem definition Goals Means employed for achieving goal Published in manuals, brochures and annual reports
Choice analysis
Systematic process of looking at options available to planners for dealing with social welfare problems
Four processes of choice analysis
Allocation
Benefits
Delivery
Financing
Allocation
Who benefits from a policy?
Universal - entire population
Selective - eligibility depends solely on characteristics
Types of benefits
In-cash
In-kind
In-cash
Unemployment checks (tax credits, exemptions home owner)
Advantage- allow maintain sense of choice or control
In-kind
Actual goods or services
Advantage- ensure provisions used exactly as intended, but can be undermining to dignity and responsibility
Delivery structure
How services/benefits are delivered
Centralized or decentralized
Centralized
More convenient for clients
Comprehensive planning
Lesson duplication BUT complex bureaucracy increasing distance between clients and admin
Financing benefits
How benefits are finance
Taxation, voluntary contributions, fees
Cause advocacy
Standing up for a particular cause or issue
Republican views
Believe government could be part of the problem.
Believe government needs to back off and have minimal involvement
Republicans tend to look at the individual, will donate more if they do not believe the recipient is at fault
Democratic views
Believe government needs to be involved to make things more fair
Republicans and democrats donate pretty much equally
Case advocacy
Acts on behalf of the client in order to access needed resources, services, or to influence policy change
Medical model
Professional - problem
Client and professional - diagnoses
Client - request for service
Professional - treatment
Understanding the issue
Define the issue -
Decide who is affected and how they are affected -
Cause of issue -
Generate possible solutions - review proposed solutions to determine impact on social justice
Example of issue
Me too movement :
What’s the issue?
• sexual harassment, sexual abuse, inappropriate conduct
Cause?
•lack of respect, power over victim/position, media portrayal
Problem?
•a situation that should be changed and can be changes
Decide who is affect?
•positive and negative, think about potential allies
How to decide who benefits by a problem
Drug addiction • rehab centers Law enforcement Hospitals Drug seller Prisons (grow and need more officers) Pharmacy companies
Decide main cause of issue:
Proximate - immediate cause
Ultimate : true underlying cause
Generate possible solutions:
Always want to have a win-win
Redefine it in a way that the population can understand
6 stages of advocacy
Getting involved Understanding the issue Planning Advocating Evaluating Ongoing monitoring
