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MSW 521 Final Exam Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Types of Policy Analysis - ANSWER Three different approaches
to policy analysis: product, process, and performance (the 3 P's)
Product (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Studies of product focus on
the actual content of the policy
Process (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Studies of process in social
welfare policy focus on dynamics of policy formulation
Performance (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Performance studies
are concerned with the description and evaluation of the
programmatic outcomes of policy choices. Analyses of
performance seek to measure the effects, effectiveness, and
efficiency of social welfare programs.
Descriptive Analysis (Product) - ANSWER Three different types
of descriptive analyses: content, choice, and comparative
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Process Analysis - ANSWER Three types of process analysis:
historical, social constructionist, and implementation
Evaluation (Performance) - ANSWER - The evaluation of a policy
focusses not on the policy's content, development, or
implementation, but on its performance.
- Performance can be evaluated from different perspectives
including logical consistency, empirically based effectiveness
and efficiency, or ethical character.
Good policy analysis almost always begins with.... - ANSWER
..solid description and historical analysis, always is based on the
best empirical data available, and then proceeds to focus on
logic, efficiency, effectiveness, or ethics
Social constructionism - ANSWER A theoretical perspective that
focusses on the subjective interpretation and definition of social
phenomena rather than the objective conditions associated
with such phenomena
Social constructionist perspective - ANSWER focuses on how
people create and respond to social conditions, how we
MSW 521 Final Exam Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Types of Policy Analysis - ANSWER Three different approaches
to policy analysis: product, process, and performance (the 3 P's)
Product (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Studies of product focus on
the actual content of the policy
Process (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Studies of process in social
welfare policy focus on dynamics of policy formulation
Performance (Policy Analysis) - ANSWER Performance studies
are concerned with the description and evaluation of the
programmatic outcomes of policy choices. Analyses of
performance seek to measure the effects, effectiveness, and
efficiency of social welfare programs.
Descriptive Analysis (Product) - ANSWER Three different types
of descriptive analyses: content, choice, and comparative
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Process Analysis - ANSWER Three types of process analysis:
historical, social constructionist, and implementation
Evaluation (Performance) - ANSWER - The evaluation of a policy
focusses not on the policy's content, development, or
implementation, but on its performance.
- Performance can be evaluated from different perspectives
including logical consistency, empirically based effectiveness
and efficiency, or ethical character.
Good policy analysis almost always begins with.... - ANSWER
..solid description and historical analysis, always is based on the
best empirical data available, and then proceeds to focus on
logic, efficiency, effectiveness, or ethics
Social constructionism - ANSWER A theoretical perspective that
focusses on the subjective interpretation and definition of social
phenomena rather than the objective conditions associated
with such phenomena
Social constructionist perspective - ANSWER focuses on how
people create and respond to social conditions, how we
