LEADER 03939nam 22005771 450 001 9910790521503321 005 20230126203550.0 010 $a1-909330-51-5 010 $a1-909330-52-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001130145 035 $a(EBL)1511025 035 $a(OCoLC)862050222 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001170936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11624937 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11171824 035 $a(PQKB)10913106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1511025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001130145 100 $a20131109d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhat's your problem? $emaking sense of social problems and the policy process /$fStuart Connor 210 1$aNorthwich :$cCritical Publishing,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-909330-49-3 311 $a1-299-98988-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThem 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 327 $aPolicy 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 327 $aPicking 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 330 $aThis 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? 606 $aSocial policy 606 $aSocial problems 615 0$aSocial policy. 615 0$aSocial problems. 676 $a303.3 676 $a303.372 700 $aConnor$b Stuart$01256697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790521503321 996 $aWhat's your problem$93749225 997 $aUNINA