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To help student-practitioners maintain their sanity amid mutating social welfare policies and programs by developing critical analysis skills, Chambers (U. of Kansas) presents the field's historical-judicial contexts; a practical style of analysis; and an example applying basic concepts and evaluati

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• Most chapters include ldquoIntroduction" and ldquo;Summary.rdquo
• Preface
• I creating The Context For Social Policy Analysis: The Social Problem And Judicial Contexts
• 1 Analyzing the Social Problem Background of Social Policies and Social Programs
• The Nature of Social Problems
• Social Problem Analysis
• Using the Conclusions of Social Problem Analysis to Design Social Policies and Programs and to Judge their ldquo
• Fitrdquo; to the Social Problem
• 2 The Judiciary as a Shaper of Social Policy, Program, and Practice
• How Are Public Programs Established and Funded?
• The Political and Legislative Processes
• II A Style Of Policy Analysis For The Practical Public Policy Analyst
• 3 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
• 4 The Analysis of Policy Goals and Objectives in Social Programs and Policies
• Definitions and Basic Concepts for Analysis of Goals and Objectives
• Different Types of Goals and Objectives
• Distinguishing between Goals and Objectives
• Objectives (Not Goals) Must Contain Target Group Specifications and Performance Standards
• Purpose of Goals and Objectives
• Setting Goals and Objectives in the Personal Social Services
• Goals and Objectives Vary According to the Developmental Stage of the Program
• Methods of Identifying Goals and Objectives
• Evaluating Program or Policy System Goals and Objectives: A Value-Critical Approach
• Evaluating the ldquo;Fitrdquo; between Goals and Objectives and the Social Problem Analysis
• Evaluating Goals and Objectives against Traditional Economic Criteria: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency
• Evaluation Criteria Specific to Goals and Objectives
• The Analyst's Own Value Perspectives in Evaluating the Merit of Goals and Objectives
• Some Special Problems in Evaluating Goals and Objectives in Personal Social Services
• 5 Who Gets What: The Analysis of Types of Benefits and Services
• A Classification Scheme for Benefit and Service Types
• Summary of Types of Benefits and Services
• Multiple and Interrelated Benefits
• Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit and Service Types
• Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit Types: Consumer Sovereignty, Coercion, and Intrusiveness
• Criteria for Evaluating the Fit of the Benefit/Service Type to the Social Problem Analysis
• Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Benefit Forms: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency
• 6 Who Gets What, How Much, and Under What Conditions: Analysis of Eligibility Rules
• Types of Eligibility Rules
• Criteria for Evaluating the Merit of Eligibility Rules
• Trade-Offs in Evaluating Eligibility Rules
• Overwhelming Costs, Overutilization, and Underutilization
• Work Disincentives and Eligibility Rules
• Procreational Incentives, Marital Instability, and Generational Dependency
• Opportunities for Political Interference via Weak Eligibi