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What's your problem? : making sense of social problems and the policy process / / Stuart Connor
| What's your problem? : making sense of social problems and the policy process / / Stuart Connor |
| Autore | Connor Stuart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Northwich : , : Critical Publishing, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.3
303.372 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social policy
Social problems |
| ISBN |
1-909330-51-5
1-909330-52-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790521503321 |
Connor Stuart
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| Northwich : , : Critical Publishing, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What's your problem? : making sense of social problems and the policy process / / Stuart Connor
| What's your problem? : making sense of social problems and the policy process / / Stuart Connor |
| Autore | Connor Stuart |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Northwich : , : Critical Publishing, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
| Disciplina |
303.3
303.372 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social policy
Social problems |
| ISBN |
1-04-037555-3
1-04-037283-X 1-909330-51-5 1-909330-52-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910961600103321 |
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Connor Stuart
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| Northwich : , : Critical Publishing, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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