| Description |
viii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1: An introduction to social welfare policy and the practice of policy -- Why study social welfare policy and the practice of policy, anyway? -- 2: Analytic skills in policy practice -- Analytic skills in policy practice: defining, measuring, and conceptualizing social problems -- Policy analysis: recurring policy options in the human services -- Thinking analytically: from trade-offs to policy proposals -- 3: Nonrational components of policy practice: political, interactional, and value-clarification skills -- Political skills in policy research: power and assertiveness -- Developing political strategy -- Interactional skills in social welfare policy -- Value clarification and moral reasoning -- 4: Social welfare policy in action: a framework and six policy practice tasks -- The policy practitioner in action -- Social welfare policy in action -- An extended policy practice case: child development and daycare -- 5: Social welfare policy in the postenactment phases of implementation and assessment -- Implementing policies -- Assessing policies -- 6: Mainstreaming policy practice into professional practice -- Integrating the practice of policy with the professional pole. |
| Subject |
Social service -- United States.
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United States -- Social policy.
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Public Policy -- United States.
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Social Welfare -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0534126006: $27.75 |
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9780534126001 |
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