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Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate : From Policy Practice to Social Justice

by: JANSSON

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate : From Policy Practice to Social Justice

by: JANSSON

ISBN 13:
9780534355203
ISBN 10:
053435520X
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/17/1998
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Go beyond the ordinary, with Bruce Jansson's groundbreaking look at the ins-and-outs of conducting policy-practice. BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE POLICY ADVOCATE gives you hands-on experience building the skills that will empower you to implement policy reform as an effective social work practitioner Jansson includes case studies and examples that illustrate how and why policy is important as well as a toolbox of strategies to help you implement policy reform over the course of your own career. And to enhance your course experience, this text features access to ThomsonNOW, an integrated online suite of services and resources that will help you save time, focus your study, and get the grade you want!

PART 1 Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy: The Fourth Dimension of Social Work Practice

(120)

Why Engage in Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy?

(26)

Joining a Tradition of Policy Advocacy

(2)

Joining the Reform Tradition within Social Work

(1)

Policy Devolution, Technology, and Policy Advocacy

(1)

Diversity and Policy Advocacy

(3)

What are Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy?

(3)

What Policy Practitioners and Policy Advocates Seek to Change

(6)

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate

(10)

Developing a Vision

(1)

Seeking Opportunities for Policy Advocacy

(1)

Taking Sensible Risks

(1)

Balancing Flexibility with Planning

(1)

Developing Multiple Skills

(1)

Being Persistent

(1)

Tolerating Uncertainty

(1)

Becoming a Policy Advocate

(1)

Combining Pragmatism with Principle

(1)

The Rewards of Policy Advocacy

(2)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Notes

(2)

Ethical, Analytic, and Political Rationales for Engaging in Policy Advocacy

(32)

The Ethical Rationale for policy Advocacy

(13)

Beneficence and Professional Practice

(2)

Policy-Sensitive and Policy-Related Practice

(2)

Moving toward Policy Advocacy

(2)

Policy Advocacy and Powerless Groups

(3)

Fairness and Policy Advocacy for Out-Groups

(4)

The Merits of Government Intervention

(5)

Other Ethical Principles in Policy Advocacy

(2)

Other Types of Ethical Reasoning

(2)

Toward an Eclectic Approach to Ethical Reasoning

(1)

The Analytic Rationale for Policy Advocacy

(6)

Choosing Sides: Controversy and Advocacy

(3)

The Political Rationale for Policy Advocacy

(3)

Interlocking Rationales for Policy Advocacy

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Notes

(3)

A Policy Practice Framework for Policy Advocates: Skills, Tasks, and Actions

(28)

A Policy Practice Framework

(8)

The Policy Context

(1)

Patterns of Participation

(1)

The Six Tasks of Policy Practitioners

(1)

Four Skills That Policy Practitioners Need

(1)

Policy Competencies

(3)

Styles of Policy Practice

(2)

Applications of Policy Tasks and Skills

(3)

Building Agendas

(1)

Analyzing Problems

(1)

Writing Proposals

(1)

Enacting Policy

(1)

Implementing Policy

(1)

Assessing Policy

(1)

Analyzing Policy Practice

(1)

Describing Policy Practice: A Case Example

(5)

The Context

(1)

The Policy Tasks

(1)

Using Skills to Accomplish Policy Tasks

(3)

The Diversity of Policies

(1)

Overcoming Discomfort with Power

(2)

Social Policy's Role in Ecological Frameworks

(1)

Policy Practice as a Unifying Theme

(1)

Chapter Summary

(3)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Notes

(1)

The Big Picture: Policy Practice in Governmental, Community, and Agency Settings

(32)

The Players in Legislative and Governmental Settings

(12)

Elected Officials

(7)

Unelected Officials (Bureaucrats)

(2)

Lobbyists and Interest Groups

(1)

Connections between Interest Groups, Legislators, and Bureaucrats

100

(1)

Public Opinion

100

(1)

The Mind-Sets of Elected Officials

101

(3)

The Environment of Public Servants: Elected Officials

101

(1)

Shortcuts: Aides, Lobbyists, and Priorities

102

(1)

The Calculus of Choice

103

(1)

The Mind-Sets of Nonelected Officials

104

(2)

Political Appointees

104

(1)

Civil Servants

105

(1)

Strategy in Legislative Settings

106

(1)

The Political Economy of Social Agencies

106

(3)

The Political Economy of Programs and Social-Work Units

109

(1)

Mapping Agencies' Policies

109

(4)

The Players in Organizational Settings

113

(3)

Overlay 1: The Organizational Chart

114

(1)

Overlay 2: Budget Priorities

115

(1)

Overlay 3: Boundary Spanners and Mission Enhancers

115

(1)

Overlay 4: Informal Relationships among Organizational Members

116

(1)

The Political Economy of Communities

116

(1)

Chapter Summary

117

(1)

Suggested Readings

117

(1)

Notes

118

(3)

PART 2 Preparatory Work: Building Agendas, Analyzing Problems, and Writing Proposals

121

(136)

Building Agendas

123

(24)

Taking the First Step

124

(1)

Why Agenda Building is Needed

125

(2)

Legislatures

125

(1)

Communities

126

(1)

Three Challenges in Agenda Building

127

(11)

The Diagnosing Stage

129

(3)

The Softening Stage

132

(4)

The Activating Stage

136

(2)

Can Direct-Service Staff Help to Build Agendas?

138

(1)

Policy Advocacy for Powerless Populations and Unpopular Issues

139

(1)

Developing Links with Advocacy Groups

140

(4)

Chapter Summary

144

(1)

Suggested Readings

145

(1)

Notes

145

(2)

Analyzing Problems

147

(62)

Do Policy Advocates have to Analyze Problems?

147

(3)

Using a Flowchart to Analyze Problems

150

(4)

The Causes of Social Problems

154

(3)

Developing Interventions and Programs

157

(10)

Curative Strategies

157

(2)

Preventive Programs

159

(4)

Measuring the Magnitude of Problems

163

(2)

Locating Problems Spatially

165

(2)

Assessing Policy Reforms

167

(1)

Social Problems as Slippery Concepts

168

(4)

When Are Social Problems ``Real,'' and When Are they ``Invented''?

169

(1)

Many Social Problems Defy Simple Solutions, but Many People Favor Panaceas

170

(1)

Priorities are not Chosen Rationally

170

(1)

``Solving'' One Problem can Create others

171

(1)

Variations in Problems

171

(1)

Challenges for Policy Advocates

172

(1)

Chapter Summary

173

(3)

Suggested Readings

205

(1)

Notes

206

(3)

Writing Policy Proposals

209

(22)

Trade-Offs: Systematically Comparing Policy Options

210

(6)

Identifying Options

210

(1)

Selecting and Weighing Criteria

211

(1)

Creating a Decision-Making Matrix

212

(3)

Qualitative Ranking

215

(1)

Using Multiple Skills in Constructing Proposals

216

(1)

Writing Memos

216

(4)

Gaining Support for Policy Proposals

220

(8)

Writing an Imaginative Title

220

(1)

Giving a Compelling Rationale

221

(1)

Drawing on Research Findings

221

(1)

Setting Clear Objectives

221

(1)

Including an Evaluation Component

221

(1)

Demonstrating Feasibility

221

(1)

Establishing Partnerships

222

(1)

Demonstrating Support

222

(1)

Developing a Realistic Budget

222

(1)

Finding Funders

222

(2)

Revising the Proposal

224

(4)

Putting It All Together

228

(1)

Chapter Summary

229

(1)

Suggested Readings

229

(1)

Notes

229

(2)

Policy Persuasion

231

(26)

Persuading Specific Audiences

232

(3)

Determining Objectives

232

(1)

Diagnosing Audiences

233

(1)

Tailoring Objectives to the Audience

234

(1)

Strategies of Persuasion

235

(7)

Selecting a Medium

235

(1)

Using a Sequence of Presentations

235

(1)

Selecting a Format

236

(1)

Fine-Tuning a Presentation

236

(3)

Developing an Effective Presentation Style

239

(1)

Tactics for Specific Audiences

240

(1)

Other Tactical Choices

240

(2)

Assembling a Strategy

242

(5)

The Hostile Audience

242

(1)

The Sympathetic Audience with some Hostile Members

242

(1)

The Expert Audience

243

(1)

Interpersonal Discussions

243

(4)

Combative Persuasion

247

(5)

Adversarial Debates

247

(3)

Coercive Messages

250

(1)

Negotiations: Hardball and Win-Win Options

251

(1)

Adversarial or Friendly Communication: Which Is Preferable?

252

(2)

Chapter Summary

254

(1)

Suggested Readings

254

(1)

Notes

254

(3)

PART 3 Policy Advocates and the Political Process

257

(98)

Understanding ``Power'' and ``Politics''

259

(26)

In Defense of Politics

259

(2)

Analytic and Political Approaches to Policy Advocacy

261

(4)

The Nature of Power

265

(2)

Person-to-Person Power

267

(1)

Substantive Power

268

(2)

Using Indirect Power

270

(4)

Power in Decision-Making Procedures

270

(1)

Process Power

271

(2)

Shaping Contexts

273

(1)

Successful Power Users

274

(1)

Power in Organizations

274

(3)

Discretion, Compliance, and Whistle-Blowing

274

(1)

Defining Zones of Discretion

275

(1)

Issues of Compliance

276

(1)

Whistle-Blowing

277

(1)

Exerting External Pressure

277

(1)

Power Differentials

278

(1)

Ethical Issues

279

(1)

Chapter Summary

280

(1)

Suggested Readings

281

(1)

Notes

281

(4)

Developing and Using Power

285

(24)

Obtaining Power Resources

285

(10)

Building Personal Credibility

286

(7)

Networking

293

(2)

Out-Group Members' Problems

295

(1)

Developing Assertiveness

296

(1)

Can Direct-Service Staff Use Power Resources?

297

(1)

Group Process Skills

298

(6)

Working with Task Groups

298

(2)

What Successful Task Groups Need

300

(2)

Forming Coalitions

302

(1)

Establishing Networks

303

(1)

Addressing Dysfunctional Group Processes

304

(1)

Chapter Summary

305

(1)

Suggested Readings

305

(1)

Notes

306

(3)

Developing Political Strategy

309

(18)

Establishing Some Objectives

309

(5)

Selecting the Extent of Policy Changes

314

(1)

Selecting a Time Frame

314

(1)

Grounding Strategy in Current Realities

314

(6)

The Power Distribution

314

(3)

Identifying Contextual Factors

317

(1)

Situational Realities

318

(1)

Predicting Future Developments

319

(1)

Adapting Strategy to the Setting

319

(1)

Building Scenarios to Construct Political Strategy

320

(2)

Developing Alternative Scenarios

320

(1)

Selecting a Strategy

321

(1)

Revising a Strategy

321

(1)

Seven Recurring Steps in Strategy

322

(2)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

323

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals

323

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content and Getting Early Sponsors

323

(1)

Establishing a Style

323

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

323

(1)

Implementing Strategy

324

(1)

Revising the Strategy

324

(1)

Chapter Summary

324

(1)

Suggested Readings

325

(1)

Notes

325

(2)

Putting Political Strategy into Action

327

(28)

Strategy in Legislative Settings

328

(1)

Organizing Legislative Advocacy Projects from Scratch

328

(11)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

328

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals in a Legislative Context

329

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content and Getting Early Sponsors

329

(1)

Establishing a Style

330

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

330

(1)

Implementing Strategy

331

(6)

Revising the Strategy

337

(2)

Working in the Political Process Generally

339

(6)

Strategy in Agency Settings

345

(5)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

346

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals in the Organizational Context

346

(2)

Specifying a Proposal's Content

348

(1)

Establishing a Style

349

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

349

(1)

Revising the Strategy

350

(1)

Developing Strategy in Community Settings

350

(2)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

350

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals in the Community Context

351

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content

351

(1)

Establishing a Style

351

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

352

(1)

Revising the Strategy

352

(1)

Chapter Summary

352

(1)

Notes

353

(2)

PART 4 After Enacting Policy

355

(52)

Securing the Implementation of Policies

357

(32)

A Framework for Implementing Policy

358

(12)

Policy Innovations

359

(3)

Oversight Organizations and Staff

362

(1)

Primary Implementing Organizations

362

(4)

Implementing Processes

366

(1)

The Context of Implementation

367

(3)

Actual Outputs: The Evaluation of Implemented Policies

370

(1)

Reforming the Implementation Process

370

(2)

Do Policy Advocates Ever Sabotage Policies?

372

(1)

A Case Example of Implementation: The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990

373

(6)

Context of the Patient Self-Determination Act

374

(2)

Oversight Organizations

376

(1)

Implementing Process

376

(3)

Perceptions of Policy Outcomes

379

(1)

Advocates' Options for Reforming the Implementation of PSDA

379

(3)

Changing the Content of the Policy

379

(1)

Changing the Context

380

(1)

Changing Actions of Oversight Agencies

380

(1)

Changing Implementing Processes

380

(1)

Securing Evaluations of Policy Outcomes

381

(1)

Participating in Community-Based Advocacy Projects

381

(1)

Using Multiple Skills when Reforming Implementation

382

(2)

Chapter Summary

384

(1)

Suggested Readings

385

(1)

Notes

386

(3)

Assessing Policy Implementation

389

(18)

The Fundamental Logic of Policy Assessment

390

(1)

Similarities between Assessing and Analyzing Policy

391

(2)

Similarities between Policy Assessment and Policy Debates

393

(2)

Tools for Countering Criticism

395

(3)

Barriers to the Use of Policy and Program Evaluation

398

(3)

Qualitative Evaluations

401

(1)

Policy Advocates' Use of Data

402

(1)

Why all Social Workers Should Assess Policies

402

(1)

Chapter Summary

403

(1)

Suggested Readings

404

(1)

Notes

404

(3)

Appendix

407

(4)

Name Index

411

(6)

Subject Index

417

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