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Tables of Contents for Social Policy, Public Policy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
viii
Acknowledgements
xi
Glossary
xiii
Abbreviations
xix
Introducing policy processes
1
12
Good policy processes: a policy development framework
2
6
The policy framework
The policy stages explained
The `policy dance'
Processes, players and politics
8
2
The case studies
10
1
Outline of the book
11
2
Income support for young people: The search for a single allowance
13
44
History and context
15
1
Structures and players
16
3
Identifying the issues
19
4
Policy analysis
23
10
Data and research
Social Policy Public Policy
Key policy questions
Developing objectives and options
31
2
Consultation
33
1
Moving towards decisions
33
11
The events
Budget measures
Diary of a player
Implementation
44
4
Evaluation
48
4
Parliamentary committe reports in 1989 and 1991
The Chapman report
Parliamentary committee report in 1995
Conclusions
52
5
From child maintenance to child support: An unlikely policy reform
57
40
History and context
58
2
Structures and players
60
5
Identifying the issues
65
4
Putting the problem on the agenda
Articulating the problem
Policy analysis
69
7
Data and research
Resolving key questions
Developing options
Consultation
76
3
Moving towards decisions
79
4
Implementation
83
7
Major issues
The legislative phase
Publicity
Early days of delivery
Evaluation
90
2
Conclusions
92
5
Paying for a university education: HECS and not fees
97
40
History and context
98
4
The external environment
Enter Dawkins
Structures and players
102
3
Identifying the issues
105
7
Putting the problem on the agenda
The role of the Green Paper
Private and public benefits of higher education`Free' higher education is `middle-class welfare'
Policy analysis
112
8
Data and research
Key issues for the Wran Committee
Developing options
Consultation
120
3
Moving towards decisions
123
4
Implementation
127
5
Evaluation
132
2
Conclusions
134
3
Long-term unemployment policy: From Green Paper to Working Nation
137
40
History and context
138
1
Structure and players
139
5
Identifying the issues
144
5
The nature of the problem
Articulating the problem
Policy analysis
149
9
Data and research
Key policy questions
Proposals and options
Political opportunism---income support example
Consultation
158
3
Moving towards decisions
161
5
Implementation
166
4
Evaluation
170
4
Conclusions
174
3
Concluding observations
177
15
Forwards and backwards through the stages
177
7
Identifying the issues
Policy analysis
Consultation
Moving towards decisions
Implementation
Evaluation
Other factors at play
184
4
Organisational structures
The Players
Looking towards the future
188
4
Bibliography
192
11
Index
203