List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Objectives
General Goals of the Fifth Edition
Definitions
The Principle of Affected Interests
Policy-Making in the Human Services: Whose Responsibility?
Summary and Conclusion
Critical
Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
1. Ideology and the Social and Political Environment of Policy-Making
Objectives
Introduction
Ideology, Politics, and Public Policy
Other Factors to Consider in Assessing the Effects of Ideologies on
Policy-Making
Neo-Liberalism and Public Policy
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
2. Welfare State Development and Persistent Problems of Poverty and Inequality (NEW)
Objectives
Introduction
Factors Influencing the
Development of Canada's Welfare State
Poverty and Inequality
Challenges Pertaining to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
3. Making Social Policy in Canada: Structures and
Processes
Objectives
Introduction
Social Policy and the Federal Government
Social Policy and the Provincial Government
Social Policy at the Local Level (NEW)
Social Policy and the Voluntary Sector
Organizational Policy-Making
Summary and Conclusion
Critical
Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
4. Policy-Making and Policy-Makers
Objectives
Introduction
Theories of Public Policy
Who Makes Social Policy?
Policy-Making Models and Their Connection to Practice
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking
Questions
Recommended Reading
5. The Policy-Making Process
Objectives
Introduction
Policy-Making Stages
Policy Analysis
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
6. Implementing and Evaluating New
Policies
Objectives
Introduction
Perspectives on Implementation
Implementation in Action: What Can We Learn? (NEW)
Policy and Program Evaluation (NEW)
Tools for Implementation and Evaluation Planning in Small Scale Programs (NEW)
Summary and Conclusion
Critical
Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
7. Making Policy for Social Change from Inside the System
Objectives
Introduction
Citizen Participation and Community Collaboration
Small-Scale Policy-Making Processes
Enhancing Participation in General Models of Planning and
Policy Analysis
Community-Based Services and Community Governance
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
8. Influencing Policy from Outside the System
Objectives
Introduction
Unions and Professional Organizations
Advocacy
Groups and Social Movements
Think-Tanks
Whistle-Blowing
Individual Advocacy, the Media, and Legal Actions
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
9. Chalk and Cheese: Feminist Thinking and Policy-Making
Marilyn
Callahan
Objectives
Introduction
Feminist Thinking
Feminist Thinking and the Challenge of Connecting Policy and Practice
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
10. Policy-Making and Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Marlyn Bennet
and Brad McKenzie
Objectives
Introduction
Background
Colonialism: The Policies and the Effects
Towards Reconciliation
When Collaboration Fails
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended Reading
11. Social Policy Across Social Identities
(NEW)
Judy E. MacDonald, Marion Brown, and Scott Jones
Objectives
Introduction
(Dis)Ability: Key Moments in History
Queer Identity and Action: A Brief History
Intersecting Analyses
Summary and Conclusion
Critical Thinking Questions
Recommended
Reading
Conclusion
Objectives
Policy and Practice for Progressive Policy-Making
Policy, Practice, and Critical Social Work
Critical Policy Challenges for the Future
Appendix: Annotated Websites for Resources and Selected Journals
Glossary
References
Index
PowerPoint Slides:
For each chapter:
· 25-30 slides
Test Bank:
For each chapter:
· 20 multiple choice questions
· 10 true/false questions
· 5 short answer questions
Brad McKenzie is a Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Manitoba. He has held administrative positions as the Acting Associate Dean, the first Director of the Winnipeg Education Centre's Social Work Program (1981-1987), Coordinator of Field Instruction and Chair of the
Graduate Program Committee. Over the past ten years he has been the primary advisor to more than 35 graduate social work students. His primary teaching areas are Social Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and Child and Family Welfare. Between 1999 and 2003 he was the Director of a $2.3 million CIDA
funded international project in Lviv, Ukraine that led to the development of a new School of Social Work and a consumer directed resource centre serving people with disabilities.
The late Brian Wharf was formerly Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of
Victoria. During his long career at the University of Victoria, Brian was the Director of the School of Social Work; Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Development; and Acting Director of the School of Public Administration. He published a number of books with Oxford including two earlier
editions of Connecting Policy to Practice, as well as Community Organizing: Canadian Experiences (1997) and Rethinking Child Welfare in Canada (1993). He passed away in 2011.
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