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Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate From Policy Practice to Social Justice

by: Jansson, Bruce S.

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate From Policy Practice to Social Justice

by: Jansson, Bruce S.

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9780534527709
ISBN 10:
0534527701
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 06/12/2002
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Part I: BECOMING MOTIVATED TO BECOME A POLICY ADVOCATE: POLICY PRACTICE AND POLICY ADVOCACY AS THE FOURTH DIMENSION OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 1. Joining a Tradition of Social Reform. 2. Articulating Four Rationales Participating in Policy Advocacy. Part II: SURMOUNTING CYNICISM BY DEVELOPING POLICYADVOCACY SKILLS. 3. Obtaining Skills and Competencies for Policy Advocacy. 4. Understanding the Ecology of Policy in Governmental, Electoral, Community, and Agency Settings. Part III: COMMITTING TO PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. 5. Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas. 6. Committing to a Solution: Analyzing Problems. 7. Developing Policy Proposals. 8. Presenting and Defending Policy Proposals. Part IV: ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE. 9. Developing and Using Power. 10. Developing Political Strategy. 11. Putting Political Strategy into Action. 12. Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy. Part V: TROUBLESHOOTING POLICIES. 13. Troubleshooting Policies. 14. Assessing Policies. Appendix.

PART 1 Becoming Motivated to Become a Policy Advocate: Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy as the Fourth Dimension of Social Work Practice

Joining a Tradition of Social Reform

(32)

Diversity and Policy Advocacy

(6)

Advancing the Public Interest at Home and Abroad

(1)

Using an Ecological Perspective

(1)

What Policy Practitioners and Advocates Seek to Change

(4)

What Are Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy?

(1)

Challenges Encountered by Policy Advocates

(4)

Joining a Tradition of Policy Advocacy

(3)

Joining the Reform Tradition Within Social Work

(1)

Policy Devolution, Technology, and Policy Advocacy

(1)

Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate

(5)

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)

Changing the Composition of Decision Makers

(1)

Getting Started

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

(1)

Notes

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Articulating Four Rationales for Participating in Policy Advocacy

(33)

The Ethical Rationale for Policy Advocacy

(17)

Beneficence and Professional Practice

(1)

Policy-Sensitive and Policy-Related Practice

(2)

Moving Toward Policy Advocacy

(2)

Policy Advocacy and Powerless Groups

(4)

Policy Advocacy for Out-Groups

(4)

Other Ethical Principles in Policy Advocacy

(1)

Other Types of Ethical Reasoning

(1)

Toward an Eclectic Approach to Ethical Reasoning

(1)

Returning to Ideology

(3)

The Analytic Rationale for Policy Advocacy

(2)

Choosing Sides: Controversy and Research

(4)

The Political Rationale for Policy Advocacy

(3)

Interlocking Rationales for Policy Advocacy

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

(1)

Notes

(3)

Suggested Readings

(1)

PART 2 Surmounting Cynicism by Developing Policy-Advocacy Skills

(72)

Obtaining Skills and Competencies for Policy Advocacy

(33)

A Policy Practice Framework

(1)

The Policy Context

(1)

Perspectives of Stakeholders and Policy Advocates

(11)

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

(3)

Applications of Policy Tasks and Skills

(4)

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

(4)

The Context

(1)

The Policy Tasks

(1)

Using Skills to Accomplish Policy Tasks

(2)

Ballot-Based Advocacy

(1)

The Variety 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: What You Can Now Do

(5)

Notes

(1)

Suggested Readings

100

(1)

Understanding the Ecology of Policy in Governmental Electoral, Community, and Agency Settings

101

(38)

The Players in Legislative and Governmental Settings

101

(12)

Elected Officials

102

(8)

Unelected Officials or Bureaucrats

110

(1)

Lobbyists and Interest Groups

111

(1)

Connections Among Interest Groups, Legislators, and Bureaucrats

112

(1)

Public Opinion

112

(1)

The Electoral Process

113

(2)

Early Maneuvering

113

(1)

Running Campaigns

114

(1)

The MindSets of Elected Officials

115

(4)

The Environment of Public Servants: Elected Officials

116

(1)

Shortcuts: Aides, Lobbyists, and Priorities

117

(1)

The Calculus of Choice

117

(2)

The MindSets of Nonelected Officials

119

(1)

Political Appointees

119

(1)

Civil Servants

120

(1)

Strategy in Legislative Settings

120

(1)

The Political Economy of Social Agencies

121

(4)

The Political Economy of Programs and Social Work Units

125

(1)

Mapping Agencies' Policies

126

(4)

The Players in Organizational Settings

130

(3)

The Organizational Chart

131

(1)

Budget Priorities

132

(1)

Boundary Spanners and Mission Enhancers

132

(1)

Informal Relationships among Organizational Members

132

(1)

The Political Economy of Communities

133

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

134

(1)

Notes

134

(3)

Suggested Readings

137

(2)

PART 3 Committing to Problems and Solutions

139

(148)

Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas

140

(28)

Taking the First Step

141

(1)

Why Agenda Building Is Needed

142

(3)

Legislatures

142

(1)

State Legislative Information

143

(1)

Agencies

144

(1)

Communities

145

(1)

Three Challenges in Agenda Building

145

(13)

The Diagnosing Stage

148

(3)

The Softening Stage

151

(3)

The Activating Stage

154

(2)

Coupling

156

(1)

Framing and Finding Titles

157

(1)

Negotiating and Bargaining

157

(1)

Assembling Early Sponsers and Supporters

157

(1)

Routing

157

(1)

Media Coverage

158

(1)

Can Direct-Service Staff Help to Build Agendas?

158

(1)

Policy Advocacy for Powerless Populations and Unpopular Issues

159

(1)

Electoral Processes

159

(1)

Developing Links with Advocacy Groups

160

(1)

Using Multiple Skills in Agenda Building

161

(5)

Diagnosing the Context

163

(1)

Activation Stage

164

(2)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

166

(1)

Notes

166

(1)

Suggested Readings

167

(1)

Commiting to a Solution: Analyzing Problems

168

(42)

Developing and Defending Policy Proposals

168

(1)

Putting It All Together

169

(1)

Do Policy Advocates Have to Analyze Problems?

170

(3)

Using a Flowchart to Analyze Problems

173

(5)

Five Cells in a Flowchart Format

173

(5)

Illustrating a Flowchart with Welfare Reform

178

(4)

The Causes of Social Problems

182

(2)

Developing Interventions and Programs

184

(8)

Preventive Programs

187

(5)

Measuring the Magnitude of Problems

192

(2)

Locating Problems Spatially

194

(2)

Assessing Policy Reforms

196

(2)

Social Problems as Slippery Concepts

198

(4)

When Are Social Problems Real and When Are They Invented?

198

(1)

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

199

(1)

Priorities Are Not Chosen Rationally

200

(1)

Solving One Problem Can Create Others

200

(1)

Variations in Problems

201

(1)

Challenges for Policy Advocates

202

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

203

(4)

Notes

207

(2)

Suggested Readings

246

(2)

Presenting and Defending Policy Proposals

248

(39)

Ideology and Policy Positions

249

(1)

Proposals and Ideology

249

(1)

Electoral Politics and Proposals

250

(1)

Combative Persuasion

251

(5)

Adversarial Debates

251

(3)

Coercive Messages

254

(1)

Negotiations: Hardball and Win-Win Options

255

(1)

Adversarial or Friendly Communication: Which Is Preferable?

256

(1)

Persuading Specific Audiences

257

(3)

Determining Objectives

257

(1)

Diagnosing Audiences

258

(2)

Strategies of Persuasion

260

(7)

Selecting a Medium

260

(1)

Using a Sequence of Presentations

261

(1)

Selecting a Format

261

(4)

Developing an Effective Presentation Style

265

(1)

Tactics for Specific Audiences

265

(1)

Other Tactical Choices

266

(1)

Assembling a Strategy

267

(6)

The Hostile Audience

267

(1)

The Sympathetic Audience with Some Hostile Members

268

(1)

The Expert Audience

268

(1)

Interpersonal Discussions

269

(4)

Writing Succinct Policy Memos

273

(4)

Gaining Support for Grant Proposals

277

(7)

Writing an Imaginative Title

277

(1)

Giving a Compelling Rationale

277

(1)

Drawing on Research Findings

277

(1)

Setting Clear Objectives

278

(1)

Including an Evaluation Component

278

(1)

Demonstrating Feasibility

278

(1)

Establishing Partnerships

278

(1)

Demonstrating Support

278

(1)

Developing a Realistic Budget

279

(1)

Finding Funders

279

(1)

Revising the Proposal

280

(4)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

284

(1)

Notes

285

(1)

Suggested Readings

286

(1)

PART 4 Advocating for Change

287

(120)

Developing and Using Power

288

(39)

In Defense of Politics

289

(1)

Analytic and Political Approaches to Policy Advocacy

290

(5)

The Nature of Power

295

(1)

Person-to-Person Power

296

(2)

Substantive Power

298

(1)

Using Indirect Power

299

(4)

Power in Decision-Making Procedures

300

(1)

Process Power

301

(1)

Shaping Contexts

302

(1)

Successful Power Users

303

(1)

Power in Organizations

304

(3)

Discretion, Compliance, and Whistle-Blowing

304

(1)

Defining Zones of Discretion

304

(1)

Issues of Compliance

305

(1)

Whistle-Blowing

306

(1)

Exerting External Pressure

307

(1)

Power Differentials

307

(2)

Ethical Issues

309

(1)

Developing and Using Power

309

(5)

Obtaining Power Resources

314

(5)

Building Personal Credibility

314

(3)

Networking

317

(2)

Out-Group Members' Problems

319

(1)

Developing Assertiveness

320

(1)

Can Direct-Service Staff Use Power Resources?

321

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

322

(1)

Notes

322

(4)

Suggested Readings

326

(1)

Developing Political Strategy

327

(18)

Establishing Some Objectives

327

(5)

Determining a Position

327

(5)

Selecting the Extent of Policy Changes

332

(1)

Selecting a Time Frame

332

(1)

Grounding Strategy in Current Realities

332

(6)

The Power Distribution

332

(3)

Identifying Contextual Factors

335

(1)

Past Stances

335

(1)

Vested Interests

336

(1)

Cohesion of Likely Opponents and Proponents

336

(1)

Situational Realities

336

(1)

Predicting Future Developments

337

(1)

Adapting Strategy to the Setting

338

(1)

Building Scenarios to Construct Political Strategy

338

(2)

Developing Alternative Scenarios

338

(1)

Selecting a Strategy

339

(1)

Revising a Strategy

340

(1)

Seven Recurring Steps in Strategy

340

(3)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

341

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals

341

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content and Getting Early Sponsors

342

(1)

Establishing a Style

342

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

342

(1)

Implementing Strategy

342

(1)

Revising the Strategy

342

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

343

(1)

Notes

343

(1)

Suggested Readings

344

(1)

Putting Political Strategy into Action

345

(30)

Strategy in Legislative Settings

346

(1)

Organizing Legislative Advocacy Projects from Scratch

346

(10)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

346

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals in a Legislative Context

347

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content and Getting Early Sponsors

347

(1)

Establishing a Style

348

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

348

(1)

Implementing Strategy

349

(7)

Revising the Strategy

356

(1)

Strategy in Agency Settings

356

(4)

Organizing a Team or Coalition

356

(1)

Establishing Policy Goals in the Organizational Context

356

(3)

Specifying a Proposal's Content

359

(1)

Establishing a Style

359

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

360

(1)

Revising the Strategy

360

(1)

Developing Strategy in Community Settings

360

(8)

Organizing a Task Group

361

(4)

Policy Advocates' Roles in Task Groups

365

(1)

What Successful Task Groups Need

365

(1)

The Task Group's Mission

366

(1)

The Task Group's Leadership

366

(1)

The Task Group's Developmental Needs

366

(1)

The Task Group's Procedures

367

(1)

The Task Group's Structure

367

(1)

The Task Group's Deliberative and International Processes

367

(1)

The Task Group's Staff and Resources

368

(1)

Forming Coalitions

368

(1)

Establishing Networks

369

(2)

Addressing Dysfunctional Group Processes

369

(2)

Establishing Policy Goals in the Community Context

371

(1)

Specifying a Proposal's Content

371

(1)

Establishing a Style

371

(1)

Selecting Power Resources and Framing Strategy

372

(1)

Revising the Strategy

372

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

372

(1)

Notes

372

(3)

Engaging in Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy

375

(32)

Why Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy Is Important

375

(6)

Policy Advocacy in the Electoral Process

381

(1)

Developing Population Profiles

381

(2)

Using Power Resources to Persuade Voters

383

(7)

Using One-on-One Power Resources

384

(1)

Using the Media

385

(1)

Interacting with Opposing Candidates in Public Forums

385

(1)

Developing Positions on Issues and Demonstrating Positive Personal Qualities

385

(2)

Concluding Negative Attacks on Opponents

387

(1)

Getting Out the Vote

388

(1)

Securing Endorsements

389

(1)

Convincing Other Potential Candidates Not to Run

389

(1)

Gaining Support from Party, Trade Union, and Other Groups

389

(1)

Finding Resources

390

(1)

Creating a Campaign Organization

391

(1)

Developing Campaign Strategy

392

(2)

Strategy Options at the Outset of a Campaign

392

(1)

Strategy During the Mid-Phase of a Campaign

393

(1)

Conducting Issue-Oriented Campaigns

394

(1)

Making Issue Campaigns and Electoral Politics Intersect

395

(1)

Participating in Electoral and Issue-Oriented Campaigns

396

(4)

Deciding to Run for Office

400

(4)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

404

(1)

Notes

404

(2)

Suggested Readings

406

(1)

PART 5 Troubleshooting and Assessing Policies

407

(50)

Troubleshooting Policies

408

(32)

A Framework for Implementing Policy

409

(15)

Policy Innovations

410

(3)

Oversight Organizations and Staff

413

(1)

Primary Implementing Organizations

414

(2)

Interorganizational Processes

416

(3)

Implementing Processes

419

(1)

The Context of Implementation

420

(3)

Actual Outputs: The Evaluation of Implemented Policies

423

(1)

Reforming the Implementation Process

424

(2)

Do Policy Advocates Ever Sabotage Policies?

426

(1)

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

427

(6)

The Policy Innovation

427

(1)

Context of the Patient Self-Determination Act

428

(2)

Oversight Organizations

430

(1)

Implementing Processes

430

(2)

Perceptions of Policy Outcomes

432

(1)

Advocates' Options for Reforming the Implementation of PSDA

433

(2)

Changing the Content of the Policy

433

(1)

Changing the Context

433

(1)

Changing Actions of Oversight Agencies

434

(1)

Changing Implementation Processes

434

(1)

Improving Interorganizational Collaboration

435

(1)

Securing Evaluations of Policy Outcomes

435

(1)

Participating in Community-Based Advocacy Projects

435

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

435

(1)

Notes

436

(3)

Suggested Readings

439

(1)

Assessing Policies

440

(17)

Assessing Policies

441

(1)

The Fundamental Logic of Policy Assessment

441

(1)

Similarities Between Assessing and Analyzing Policy

442

(2)

Similarities Between Policy Assessment and Policy Debates

444

(2)

Tools for Countering Criticism

446

(3)

Barriers to the Use of Policy and Program Evaluation

449

(3)

Qualitative Evaluations

452

(1)

Policy Advocates' Use of Data

453

(1)

Why All Social Workers Should Assess Policies

453

(1)

Chapter Summary: What You Can Now Do

454

(1)

Notes

454

(2)

Suggested Readings

456

(1)

Name Index

457

(3)

Subject Index

460

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