Karen R. Fisher

Whose Values Shape Social Policy?

Policy process limits to economic rationalism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Whose values shape social policy? Do community
interests always lose to economic rationalists in
the struggle between costs and social goals?
Sociologists such as Michael Pusey argue that
economic
rationalism displaces social values. However does
policy implementation theory draw different
conclusions about the affect of economic
rationalism?
This book uses participant values and
dynamic policy implementation concepts to test the
impact of values of economic rationality in the
Australian coordinated care policy (1994-2001). The
policy was to coordinate care, using a funds pool,
case
managers and care plans for people with chronic care
needs. The results show that the policy changed away
from values of economic rationality after the
central government agencies handed responsibility to
health agencies. However it was the
organisational values of health providers that
dominated implementation rather than
social values. The book adds to social policy
implementation theory about the impact of economic
rationalism. It shows that knowing which
organisations are responsible for policy at each
policy stage reveals whose values shape social
policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9783639116175
• ISBN-10: 3639116178
• Artikelnr.: 25903248

Autorenporträt

Karen R. Fisher is a researcher at the Social Policy Research
Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her
research interests include the organisation of social services
in Australia and China, including disability and mental health
services and community care; participatory evaluation
methodology; and social policy process.