Part one - Creating the context for social policy analysis: the social problem- historical and judicial contexts 1 - Analyzing the social problem background of social policies and social programs The nature of social problems Social problem analysis Using the conclusions of social problem analysis to design social policies and programs and to judge their fit to the social problem 2 - Creating the context for the analysis of social policies: understanding the historical context The idea of historical context Using historical context to understand social problem viwepoints Using historical context to understand social policy and program designs The food stamp program: an example 3 - The judiciary as a shaper of social policy, program, and practice How are public programs estabilished and funded? The political and legislative processes Part two - A style of policy analysis for teh practical public policy analyst 4 - An overview of a style of policy analysis: a value-critical approach The policy and program analysis process: an overview of the six fundamental policy elements Criteria for a value-critical appraisal of social policy and programs 5 - The analysis of policy goals and objectives in social programs and policies Definitions and basic concepts for analysis of goals and objectives Objectives must contain target group specifications and performance standards Purpose of goals and objectives Setting goals and objectives in the personal social services Goals and objectives vary according to the developmental stage of the program Evaluating program or policy system goals and objectives: a value-critical approach Evaluating the fit between goals and objectives and the social problem analysis Evaluating goals and objectives against traditional economic criteria: adequacy, equity, and efficiency Evaluation criteria specific to goals and objectives The analyst's own value perspectives in evaluating the merit of goals and objectives Some special problems in evaluating goals and objectives in personal social services 6 - Analysis of types of benefits and services A classification scheme for benefit and service types Summary of types of benefits and services Multiple and interrrelated benefits Criteria for evaluating the merit of benefit types: consumer sovereignty, coercion, and intrisiveness Criteria for evaluating the fit of the benefit/service type to the social problem abalysis Criteria for evaluating the merit of benefit forms: adquacy, equity, and efficiency 7 - Analysis of eligibility rules (who gets what, how much, and under what conditions) Types of eligibility rules Criteris for evaluating the merit of eligibility rules Trade-offs in evaluating eligibility rules Overwhelming costs, overutilization, and underutilization Work disincentives and eligibility rules Procreational incentives, marital instability, and generational dependency Opportunities for political interference via weak eligibility rules 8 - Analysis of service-delivery systems and social program and policy design Social policy and program design Some different types of administration and delivery of social service programs, benefits, and sevices Criteria for evaluating service delivery 9 - Concepts for the analysis of methods of financing The insurance principle: prepayments and other variations Voluntary contributions General revenue appropriations Direct out-of-pocket payment by consumer Corporate/employment-based funding of benefits Public and private funding: distinctions 10 - Analysis of interactions among policy elements Introduction Coentitlement Disentitlement Contrary effects Duplication Part three - Analysis of social policies and social programs using basic concepts and evaluation criteria: an example of social policy and social program analysis: selected features of federal child welfare legislation of the 1970-1998 era concerned with child abuse The social problem context The judicial context The historical context The social program and policy system