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Discourse Management: Key To Policy Development, Joseph R. Steiner
Discourse Management: Key To Policy Development, Joseph R. Steiner
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Skills in discourse management are necessary in order for democratic policy development groups to be productive. These skills, like other skills, are developed by practicing their utilization. A general cognitive framework, however, can assist one in this development. This paper develops and then describes the use of such a general framework.
The Individual And The Society: A Needed Reexamination Of Social Legislation And Policy, Ralph Segalman
The Individual And The Society: A Needed Reexamination Of Social Legislation And Policy, Ralph Segalman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The pervasive and often destructive effect of Ill-planned social policy (or the lack of effective social policy) is evident In terms of Increasing societal dysfunctionality and lowered quality of life for most people. Almost all social Interventions involve a variety of rights In conflict. Actions by the government to support or protect any one group must necessarily be at the expense of others. In the defense of the rights of individuals and groups the social objectives and social effects of such interventions have been generally Ignored. The problems of design of social policy derive from one-sided or parochial views of …
Government Spending And Welfare Employment, Martin D. Lowenthal
Government Spending And Welfare Employment, Martin D. Lowenthal
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
One of the persistent issues which welfare policy makers and analysts confront in western industrial nations, particularly in the United States, is the appropriate relationship between public assistance payments and employment. There is a great deal of debate over whether welfare recipients should work or be required to take jobs and whether the government should emphasize training or placement services or create jobs directly. Relatively little concern and attention have been given to the 'roblem of the number of jobs that are actually available in the private sector for recipients who want to work. Although the federal government will plan …
Social Policy And War, Paul Adams
Social Policy And War, Paul Adams
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In view of the considerable disparity in the effect of World War II on national social policy, it is not surprising that British and American writers have viewed the relationship of war and social policy so differently. While these differences in part reflect the serious neglect of the importance of World War II for American social policy developments, they also reflect real variations of historical experience. I have attempted to develop a framework within which both national experiences can be understood. The framework takes account both of the nature of the war and the demands it makes upon the state …