Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy Ruth Lister

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Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy Ruth Lister
  1. Theory: What & Why
    1. Providing new insights
      1. Put issues and policies in a wider context
      2. Making sense of descriptive material
        1. Interpreting facts
          1. O Brien & Penna
            1. Gives direction and meaning to what we do
              1. Some vague hypotheses
                1. Some more complex
                  1. Generalisations about what exists in the world
                    1. Social theories ask how, why and what questions
                      1. Normative theories ask how things could or should be and what could get us there
                        1. Aimed at changing norms, attitudes, the organisation of institutions, and patterns of responsibility for welfare
                          1. Both social and normative theories inform welfare ideologies
                        2. Make sense of the world
                          1. Make connections between different social phenomena
                            1. Question the assumptions underlying social policies and political programmes
                              1. Adopt a more critical and sceptical stance towards what is presented as common sense
                              2. Conceptual foundation stones
                                1. The individual in terms of identity, the idea of the welfare subject and beliefs about human motivation and behaviour
                                  1. The question of identity
                                    1. Identity is fluid
                                      1. More than one identity
                                      2. Welfare subject
                                        1. Consumer/Customer/Client/Patient
                                          1. The way in which people are named affects their own and others' expectations of them in specific sites
                                      3. The interplay between individual human agency, structural constraints and opportunities and culture
                                        1. The state, nation and nation state
                                          1. The transnational and the global
                                          2. Motivation and behaviour
                                            1. Public choice theory
                                              1. Welfare policy
                                                1. Altruism
                                                  1. Self interest
                                                  2. Structure, Agency & Power
                                                    1. Structure: The pattern of social arrangements within a society or social group
                                                      1. Class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, economic & political institutions
                                                      2. Agency: The capacity of individuals to operate independently of the social structure
                                                        1. Resilience: Withstanding the negative effects of risk exposure
                                                          1. Power: Being able to make or to receive any change or to resist it.
                                                            1. Culture: Shared values and beliefs
                                                              1. As a marker of difference
                                                                1. As a source of explanation
                                                                  1. As a practice that produces meaning
                                                                2. The state, nation and nation state
                                                                  1. Role of the state
                                                                    1. Nature of the state
                                                                    2. Globalisation
                                                                      1. Driving changes in welfare states
                                                                        1. Demise of the nation state
                                                                          1. Global governance
                                                                            1. Global social policy
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