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A guide for mapping and analysis of small-scale social welfare policy.
Abstract
Social workers have yet to develop guides for the analysis of small-scale social welfare policy. If social workers are to move beyond the realm of historical or philosophical concern to interventive policy practice, they must develop such tools. Systems thinking tends to be observable in the policy literature from two perspectives. The first is the hardwarelike application of systems concepts to policy endeavors, largely characterized by that genre of systems thinking called "systems analysis," which tends to be practical and specific, but mechanical. The second approach, more commonly referred to as a systems philosophy orientation, tends to be more general and abstract and of less practical value in providing specific practice intervention suggestions. The guide provided here attempts to merge the fundamental concepts of a systems philosophy with practical applications of systems concepts for purposes of small-scale policy analysis. (Journal abstract, edited.)
Journal
(1979)
vol3
no1
pages57-63
Categories
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Public Policy, Law, and Ethics
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Public Policy
