What's your problem? : making sense of social problems and the policy process / / Stuart Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961600103321
• Autore: Connor Stuart
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Northwich : , : Critical Publishing, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-04-037555-3; 1-04-037283-X; 1-909330-51-5; 1-909330-52-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3; 303.372
• Soggetti: Social policy; Social problems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; What's Your Problem?; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Meet the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; So what is your problem?; The problem policy process; I'm no expert!; Policy praxis; The format of the book; Section 1 Reading Policy; 1 Making claims; This is a real problem; Foundationalism; Coherentism; Reliabilism; Pragmatism; Modest claims; Dispute and agreement; Who's responsible?; Natural causes; Individualist explanations; Social political and economic relations; Reasonable doubt; 2 Equivalence and difference; Making the difference; Shaping the world; Other categories; Them and usDrawing a distinction?; 3 Legitimate assumptions; What is legitimacy?; So what is rhetoric?; Revealing assumptions; The bases of legitimacy; Authorisation - because I say so; Moral evaluation - it's the right healthy, normal 'natural' thing to do; Rationalisation - because it is reasonable; Mythopoesis - the moral of the story is...; Are you convinced?; Behind the curtain; Section 2 Writing Policy; 4 The role of the policy analyst; What is policy analysis?; Policy analyst as scholar; Scholar - scientist; Scholar - interpretivist; Policy analyst as technician; Policy analyst as advocateA distinct role?; 5 What do you think?; Ethics; ; Consequentialist ethics; Deontological ethics; Virtue ethics; So which of these ethical approaches is ethical?; Liberty, security and equality; Liberty; Security; Equality; The value of values; The politics of ethics; 6 Making your case - framing; A context for communication; The way people see the world; In the frame; The struggle for meaning; Using frames; Framing the story; Information or propaganda?; Section 3 Performing Policy; 7 Policy process; Model making; Expert model; Deliberative model; Crisis model; Picking up the threads8 Power; First dimension of power - getting someone to do what they otherwise would not do; Second dimension of power - setting the agenda; Third dimension of power - shaping preferences; Fourth dimension of power - disruptive power; The pursuit of power; 9 Activities; Feeble-minded policies; The control of tobacco; The piqueteros; Conclusion; Conclusion; A view from nowhere?; Reflexive policy praxis; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This books is an essential introduction and guide for a critical engagement with social problems. In short, What's your (social) problem and what are you going to do about it?