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Self-Interest, Social Welfare Policy And Social Problems, John P. Flynn
Self-Interest, Social Welfare Policy And Social Problems, John P. Flynn
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This writer assumes that there is a reciprocal interdependence between the providers and the receivers of social welfare programs and explores one particular aspect of that exchange. A proposition explored here is that self-interest is a dynamic in social welfare policy formulation and that such a dynamic is founded on the basic assumption of reciprocal interdependence. The perception of newlyfound self-interests obtainable in alternative social welfare policy options is examined here as a factor in inducing purposive policy change.
It Is proposed here that the common characterization of the welfare relationship as a unilateral transfer has obscured the connection between …
Ideology, Sociological Theories, And Public Policy, Norman Goroff
Ideology, Sociological Theories, And Public Policy, Norman Goroff
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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It is important that my basic assumptions about social theories be made explicit at the very outset.
1. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of man/woman.
2. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of society or the collectivity.
3. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the relationship of man/woman to society or to the collectivity.
These assumptions in the theories are not empirical but normative and hence social theory is ideologically based. The fact that the social theories are …
Research Data As Aides In Formulating Agency Policy, Ludwig Geismar, Isabel Wolock
Research Data As Aides In Formulating Agency Policy, Ludwig Geismar, Isabel Wolock
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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Much is being written these days about the role of evaluation in the formulation of social policy. While few writers question the need for basing policy on systematic evaluation a good deal of the literature appears to focus on the obstacles in Larrying out as well as applying evaluative research. By contrast, the number of studies which in the eyes of critics measure up to minimum standards of scientific adequacy appears to be exceedingly small. Regardless of the problems inherent in the use of research data for policy formulation, the dearth of good studies constitutes …