Policy Analysis for Social Workers

First Edition

Richard K. Caputo - Yeshiva University, New York, USA

A unique, multi-dimensional approach to policy analysis

Series:
Social Work in the New Century

Courses:
Social Welfare Policy/Social Policy

October 2013 | 352 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Policy Analysis for Social Workers offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to understanding the process of policy development and analysis for effective advocacy. This user-friendly model helps students get excited about understanding policy as a product, a process, and as performance—a unique “3-P” approach to policy analysis as competing texts often just focus on one of these areas. Author Richard K Caputo efficiently teaches the purpose of policy and its relation to social work values, discusses the field of policy studies and the various kinds of analysis, and highlights the necessary criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, equity, political feasibility, social acceptability, administrative, and technical feasibility) for evaluating public policy.

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Introduction

Section I. The World of Policy Analysis

Chapter 1: Science, Values, and Policy Analysis

Chapter 2: The Purpose of Policy Analysis

Chapter 3: Approaches to Policy Analysis

Section II. Policy as Product

Chapter 4: Evaluating Policy Proposals

Chapter 5: Matching Policy Proposals to Problems

Chapter 6: Costs, Benefits, and Risks

Chapter 7: Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis

Section III. Policy as Process

Chapter 8: Making Policy

Chapter 9: Implementing Policy

Section IV. Policy as Performance

Chapter 10: Approaches to Evaluation

Chapter 11: Evaluation, Values, and Theory

Epilogue: A Holistic Framework for Policy Analysis

Appendix A: CSWE Core Competencies

Appendix B: Historical Overview of Policy Analysis and Policy Studies

Web Sites & Glossary

References

Index

I decided to adopt the text given the examples presented in the work and given the focus of the course

Professor Glorimar Caraballo

Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico

April 23, 2015

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Key features

A unique "3P" framework offers a multi-dimensional approach to policy analysis.

"Policy as Product” addresses topics such as evaluating policy proposals, linking proposals to problems, and cost-benefits analysis.
"Policy as Process" discusses policymaking and implementing policies.
"Policy as Performance" includes approaches to evaluation and their relation to values and theories.

Chapter-opening core competencies cover the material deemed essential by the Council on Social Work Education.

A distinctive "Cases in Point" feature provides concrete examples or applications of relevant concepts or skills needed for mastery of policy analysis.

Skill-building exercises are included at the end of each chapter.

A helpful glossary defines technical terms for easy reference.

A useful appendix provides a historical overview of the institutional development of policy analysis, the policy sciences, and the role of think tanks.

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