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Connecting policy to practice in the human services / Brian Wharf and Brad McKenzie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195414136
  • 9780195414134
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.610971 21
LOC classification:
  • HV105 .W53 1998
  • HN107 .W437 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Pt. 1. Policy-Making and the Lack of Inclusiveness in the Human Services -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Policy: What Is It and Who Makes It? -- 3. Policy-Making Models and Their Connection to Practice -- 4. Stages and Structures in the Policy-Making Process -- 5. Analysing and Evaluating Social Policies -- 6. Implementation: The Interface Between Policy and Practice -- Pt. 2. Toward an Inclusive Paradigm in Policy-Making -- 7. Shared Decision-Making: A Case Study -- 8. A Policy Community: Developing Guardianship Legislation -- 9. Community Governance -- 10. Conclusion -- App. A Social Policy Analysis of the 1996 Federal Reforms to Unemployment Insurance -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Review: "In Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services Brian Wharf and Brad McKenzie argue that as currently developed, policy seldom responds to the needs of service users." "This book attempts to come to grips with this unsatisfactory state of affairs. Organized in two parts, the six chapters in Part One describe the policy making process including a detailed discussion of policy analysis. Particular attention is given to the implementation stage of the policy process where practitioners assume primary responsibility. Part Two outlines new and more inclusive approaches to policy making with chapters on shared decision making by Stephen Owen, policy communities by Deborah Rutman, and a chapter on community governance."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Pt. 1. Policy-Making and the Lack of Inclusiveness in the Human Services -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Policy: What Is It and Who Makes It? -- 3. Policy-Making Models and Their Connection to Practice -- 4. Stages and Structures in the Policy-Making Process -- 5. Analysing and Evaluating Social Policies -- 6. Implementation: The Interface Between Policy and Practice -- Pt. 2. Toward an Inclusive Paradigm in Policy-Making -- 7. Shared Decision-Making: A Case Study -- 8. A Policy Community: Developing Guardianship Legislation -- 9. Community Governance -- 10. Conclusion -- App. A Social Policy Analysis of the 1996 Federal Reforms to Unemployment Insurance -- Notes -- References -- Index.

"In Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services Brian Wharf and Brad McKenzie argue that as currently developed, policy seldom responds to the needs of service users." "This book attempts to come to grips with this unsatisfactory state of affairs. Organized in two parts, the six chapters in Part One describe the policy making process including a detailed discussion of policy analysis. Particular attention is given to the implementation stage of the policy process where practitioners assume primary responsibility. Part Two outlines new and more inclusive approaches to policy making with chapters on shared decision making by Stephen Owen, policy communities by Deborah Rutman, and a chapter on community governance."--BOOK JACKET.

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