scholarly journals Analysis on The Procedural Rationality through The Social Policy Making Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
김영종
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Procedural Rationality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Making Process

Public Opinion and the Demand for Social Welfare in Britain

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Whiteley
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Making Process

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the role of public opinion in the social policy making process. It argues that existing accounts of social policy formation are inadequate in their treatment of public opinion, and inconsistent in their estimation of its importance. It then goes on to examine detailed examples of the role of public opinion in policy making; and finally tests two hypotheses concerning the sources of the demand for social welfare spending on the part of the British electorate.

Policy Studies and Social Policy in Britain

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-334
Author(s):  
Stuart S. Blume
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThe recent debate about the establishment of a ‘British Brookings’ involved a number of fundamental issues which were not brought out. In fact the idea that the British policy-making process should be made more ‘rational’ through the development of what are sometimes called policy studies is not new. It has roots in the Heyworth Report on social studies, which recommended greater use of social research in policy-making, and in the Fulton Report on the civil service, which argued for more policy-planning. These two approaches may now be seen as basically the same, and the problem as one of changing the relationship between social science and (social) policy. However, past analyses of this relationship attribute difficulties to quite different causes and hence yield a variety of prescriptions for reform. It is argued here that the policy studies which are needed must avoid the disciplinary fragmentation of the social sciences as well as that of the current administrative structure, that they must encompass research both for policy and on policy, and that they must seek their own conceptual structure, and in addition that certain organizational requirements follow from this.

Stepping up the beat: the reinvigoration of dialogue between the EU and the Balkans

SEER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-232
Author(s):  
Calvin Allen
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This article examines the European Commission’s 2020 Enlargement Package and the 2020 country reports for its partners in the western Balkans and Turkey. We focus on the social policy aspects of how the Commission assesses progress and what it regards as priority among the outstanding issues. The Commission is once again talking about ‘enlargement’ rather than the western Balkans’ ‘EU perspective’, but the reports indicate that the gap not only remains sizable, but growing; and the longer that this has continued, the less credible the process has become. It continues to be true that the region could do more to help itself - even allowing for the impact on policy-making of the Covid-19 pandemic - and the level of regional co-operation currently exists at a rather low level. Furthermore, that parts of the region talk openly of alternative avenues for their future remains a source of worry. However, the documentation lays down - at least on the surface - a worthwhile challenge, as well as a test for all parties, regarding aspirations and the extent of political goodwill which is key to the whole enlargement/accession process.

Young People and Cybersex in a Sexually Conservative Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 171-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komalsingh Rambaree
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Social

This chapter describes the process, explains the aspects, analyses the experiences and considers the social policy implications, of cybersex among young people from the sexually conservative Mauritian society. This chapter is based on a study, in which it is found that some of young people from Mauritius are involved in cybersex. The chapter therefore argues that Internet-based technologies are further breaking down ‘the traditional and moral values’, which some politicians, religious leaders and parents want to preserve through social policy related to sexuality education in Mauritius. A sexual rights-based approach to policy making and interventions for a formal sex education programme in Mauritius is found more appropriate within this particular context, and therefore recommended in this chapter. Finally, this chapter concludes that an appropriate formal sex education for young people should take into account the ‘Net Culture’ context within which contemporary young people are growing sexually in Mauritius.

New Labour's Big Idea: Joined-up Government

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Clark
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
White Paper ◽  
New Managerialism ◽  
Policy Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Big Ideas ◽  
Health Action

There can be little doubt that joined-up government (JUG) is one of New Labour's big ideas, alongside their new managerialism. Since New Labour's initial election victory in 1997 and their subsequent second term in 2001, significant resources have been spent in developing ‘joined-up’ strategies for social policy. This ‘big idea’ stretches from Cabinet level with new groups such as the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) and the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU) and extends into every single social policy sector with area-based initiatives, such as Health Action, Education Action and Employment Zones, and encompasses agents from all sectors, public, private and voluntary. New Labour state that by ensuring policy making is more joined-up and strategic, social and public policy can be more ‘inclusive and integrated’ (White Paper, 1999: 6).

Assumptive Worlds and Images of Agency: Academic Social Policy in the Twenty-first Century?

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Classical Economics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Diverse Society

As many commentators have pointed out, the pressures facing modern welfare states are formidable. One response by government is to place greater emphasis on a policy-making paradigm that rests on an individual rational actor account of agency. This finds its intellectual home in the leading tradition of neo-classical economics, its ideological home in a politics of active citizenry and equality of opportunity and its institutional home in the mechanisms by which the Treasury currently directs social policy.The resulting policies have strengths in delivering productivity improvements and responsiveness to consumer demand, but weaknesses in accommodating the value positions of an increasingly diverse society, in sustaining the social cohesion necessary to the continuance of state welfare and in confronting the structural basis of some social interests. These issues have traditionally been recognised in the sociology of values, the psychology of trust and the political science of power.One strength of academic social policy is that it is a field of study in which a number of disciplines are deployed. The ascendancy of one paradigm may obscure the contribution of others. It is hard for social policy academics to gain recognition when they speak a different language from that of policy making at the highest level.

The Great Economic Transformation: Social Dilemmas of Chinese Capitalism

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Der Lue
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unique Path ◽  
Chinese Case ◽  
Great Transformation ◽  
Chinese Capitalism

Abstract The transition from socialism to capitalism involves overcoming tremendous, and unavoidable, difficulties of growth and distribution, and controversial reforms. The case of China presents an important opportunity by inviting us to understand its distinctive experiences from comparative perspectives. While its market-oriented reforms have achieved remarkable growth records, the costs of privatization and liberalization have had to be absorbed by social policy, and redistributed among different social strata and specific units. This study focuses on the reconstruction of state-owned enterprises, the social security system, and industrial relations to show China’s unique path toward a market economy. As a Leninist government continues to enjoy ample room for policy manoeuvres and civil organizations are absent in social policy making, the Chinese case of “great transformation” apparently rests on an unstable ground.

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