Exam 7: Policy, Policy Analysis, Policy Practice, and Policy Advocacy: Foundations for Service Provision

Counseling is considered a personal social service.

What are the five broad components of a policy?

Which of the following was cited by Dobelstein regarding benefits to people living in poverty?

To some extent, the concept of universality coincides with the institutional perspective on social welfare.

The five broad components that need to be explored in order to understand any social policy include all of the following except:

The _____, established by the National Association of Social Workers in 1976, solicits information from political contestants to establish their positions on social welfare issues and determine the extent to which their stances comply with social work values and goals.

Initiating a legal action involves influencing legislators to benefit some category of clients through lobbying.

Discuss whether social welfare benefits should be available to everyone or only to a selected group of people.

The primary principle involved in _____ is that the system requires a major overhaul to achieve more appropriate goals.

"Policies serve to synchronize three primary arenas of life." Explain this statement with an example.

Explain the Five-E approach to policy analysis for social welfare policy.

Discuss Dobelstein's views on the value of in-kind benefits versus cash benefits.

George Wiley established the Political Action Committee for Candidate Election.

Social workers must pay special attention to social welfare policies because some policies are unfair and therefore must advocate for them to be changed.

A primary principle involved in liberalism is that failure to succeed is generally the individual's fault.

A primary principle involved in conservatism is that it is society's responsibility to care for and support its members.

Which of the following is not one of the three primary arenas of life that policies serve to synchronize?

The amount paid for some benefits based on a recipient's ability to pay rather than on fixed fees is known as general revenue.

In 1967, _____ formed the National Welfare Rights Organization, which appeared on behalf of the poor before congressional committees to promote welfare reform.

The term _____ reflects values but involves more specific recommendations about what should be done to put these values into action.