[PDF] Social Problems And Public Policy eBook

Author : Ted I. K. Youn
Publisher : JAI Press Incorporated
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 1997-11-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781559383691

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Describes the ways some of the important social problems are handled by the public policy system. This book contains papers that discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management, addressing operations and design issues for government organizations.

Author : Lee Rainwater
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780202302638

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Deviance is by definition a social problem. Since deviant behavior violates the normative expectations of a given group, deviance must be regarded as a problem for that group, since all groups of people want their norms to be enforced. Many modern societies place considerable value on personal liberty, so much so that interference with personal choices to deviate from group norms can be justified only in terms of the potential damage that particular kinds of behavior might do to the legitimate interests of others. Sociological research suggests that the social problem associated with deviance is often the behavior of individuals who violate norms cannot be justified in terms of basic values of liberty, social order, or justice. In other kinds of deviance, though, the social problem is that people or, in a more organized way, social institutions, interfere with individual liberty and self-realization. Each selection in this volume has been chosen to cover a full range of substantive problematic issues, a range of social science perspectives that can be brought to bear on issues of all kinds, and a range of social science methodologies used in studying modern society. Deviance and Liberty is divided up into thirty-nine contributions and five main parts ranging from "Modern Perspectives on Deviance and Social Problems"; "Deviant Exchanges: Gambling, Drugs, and Sex"; "Deviant Personal Control: Illness, Violence, and Crime; Deviance, Identity, and the Life Cycle"; and "Moral Enterprise and Moral Enforcement". It is a welcome addition to the libraries of those interested in the study of deviance or society as a whole.

Author : William R. Freudenburg
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 1993-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780892328796

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Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and mismanaging, the ways in which some of today's most important social problems are handled by the public policy system. The papers discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management, addressing operations and design issues for government organizations.

Author : Leon H. Ginsberg
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781570035814

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In this fourth edition of a social work standard, Leon Ginsberg and Julie Miller-Cribbs offer an updated version of the text that has introduced thousands of social work students to the defining policies and procedures of the profession. Concise yet comprehensive, the volume surveys the span of social welfare history, explains the elements of social welfare policy education, and describes the impact of executive, legislative, and judicial initiatives on the delivery of social services.

Author : Lee Rainwater
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412815037

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Reprint. Originally published as: Social problems and public policy: deviance and liberty. 1974.

Author : Susan Maret
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 085724390X

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Divided into six sections, this title examines Government secrecy (GS) in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination of government control of information, new definitions, categories, censorship, ethics, and secrecy's relationship with freedom of information and transparency.

Author : Leon H. Ginsberg
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 23,38 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs offers a comprehensive analysis of the policies used in the United States to address social problems and to develop the nation's social welfare programs. Leon Ginsberg provides a framework for understanding some of the country's most controversial issues, including welfare assistance and welfare reform. He suggests practical ways in which individuals and groups might implement more-beneficial programs for the disadvantaged. To update the volume's first edition, Ginsberg has expanded on the six-component model - history, social problems, public policy, description of programs, policy analysis, and policy practice - that defines social welfare policy and services. He has incorporated information about policy changes in the "Contract with America" that have been enacted by the 1995 Republican-led Congress. Ginsberg also has included supplementary models for policy analysis and new references and materials from the nineteenth edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work.