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Table of ContentsPreface 1 The Field of Social Welfare Policy Institutional Perspectives on the Study of Social Welfare Policy Evolving Institutions and the Welfare State Analytic Perspectives on the Study of Social Welfare Policy Political Perspectives on the Study of Social Welfare Policy Individual and Community Approaches to Planning Why Policy Analysis Is Relevant to Social work Praactice Emerging Issues: Feminist Perspectives on Social Welfare Notes 2 The Modern Welfare State The Evolving Welfare State Theories of Welfare Growth Is America Exceptional? Welfare Goals Welfare Scope Welfare Realms Emerging Issues: The New Social Accounting Notes 3 A Framework for Social Welfare Policy Analysis Benefit Allocations in the Social Market and the Mixed Economy of Welfare Elements of an Analytic Framework: Dimensions of Choice An Example: The Transformation of Social Services Application of the Framework Distributive Justice in Public Assistance Individual and Collective Values in Public Assistance Theories, Assumptions, and Social Choice Emerging Issues: The Search for Equity Notes 4 The Basis of Social Allocations Who Shall Benefit? Universality and Selectivity in Income MaintenanceA Negative Income Tax for Workers: The earned Income Tax Credit Child Support and Asset Building Social Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness Another Perspective on Allocation: A Continuum of Choice Allocative Principles and Institutional-Residual Conceptions of Social Welfare Operationalizing the Allocative Principles Eligibility Versus Access Emerging Issues: Generational Equity Notes 5 The Nature of Social Provision Basic Forms: Cash Versus In-Kind Alternative Forms: An Extension of Choice Vouchers: Balancing Social Control and Consumer Choice Substance of the Social Provision Social Provisions as Reflections of Policy Values Cash, Kind, and the Cycles of Public Assistance Emerging Issues: Choice for Whom? Notes 6 The Design of the Delivery System Privatization and Commercialization in Service Delivery Promoting Coherence and Accessibility: Service Delivery Strategies Unsettled Questions Controlling Costs: Services Rationing and Managed CareEmerging Issues: Culturally Competent Service DeliveryNotes 7 The Mode of Finance: Sources of Funds Sources of Funds The Philanthropic Contribution Contributory Schemes and Fee Charging Public Financing: Not Entirely a Public Matter Emerging Issues: Financing Social Security Notes 8 The Mode of Finance: Systems of Transfer Centralization, Decentralization, and Their Ideologies How the Money Flows How Transfers Are Conditioned Devolving Public Welfare Emerging Issues: Immigrants, Social Policy, and the States Notes 9 Policy Dimensions: International Trends in the Twenty-First Century Pressures for Change Directions of Change Implications of Change Notes Index