Offers an interpretive way of understanding organizations and policy by analyzing how they convey meaning through symbolic language, objects, and act. This title argues that policy and organizational actions are often as expressive of group or national identity as they are instrumentally oriented.
How Do Programs for Children "Work" in the Real World?
Addressing evaluation issues concerning comm unity-based mental health services for children and young pe ople, the contributors discuss recent evaluations of the eff ectiveness of systems of care and specific intervention stra tegies. '
How Do Programs for Children "Work" in the Real World?
This book addresses evaluation issues relating to community-based mental health services for children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems. The contributors discuss recent evaluations of the effectiveness of systems of care and specific intervention strategies. In addition to describing their individual research, they ......
Clarifying the historical connections between the African-American population in the United States and the urban planning profession, this book suggests means by which cooperation and justice may be increased. Chapters examine: the racial origins of zoning in US cities; how Eurocentric family models have shaped planning processes of cities such as Los Angeles; and diversifying planning education in order to advance the profession. There is also a chapter of excerpts from court cases and government reports that have shaped or reflected the racial aspects of urban planning.
Analyzes the politics of hazardous waste siting and explores various strategies for siting facilities. This title examines a fresh strategy, voluntary choice siting - a process requiring mutual decisions negotiated between facility developers and the host communities.
The increasing and disturbing problem of homeless children in the United States is the focus of this book. Paul G Shane considers the social factors that can create homeless situations for children, and examines the personal and educational problems that can result from their homelessness. The health risks to this population - such as unsanitary living conditions, poor nutrition, physical assault and lack of access to health care - are also explored. Ethnographic case studies of homeless youth are presented, and the book concludes with recommendations for policies and programmes designed to ease the problem.
One of the most fundamental dilemmas characterizing the end of the twentieth century is the tension between consumerism, on one hand, and the threats to our health and environment on the other. John Buell and Thomas S DeLuca provide a trenchant analysis of the growth of environmentalism during a period of increased conservatism and deregulation. ......
One of the most fundamental dilemmas characterizing the end of the twentieth century is the tension between consumerism, on one hand, and the threats to our health and environment on the other. John Buell and Thomas S DeLuca provide a trenchant analysis of the growth of environmentalism during a period of increased conservatism and deregulation. ......
The key to improving health services in many countries today is the capacity to develop strategy and think actively about policy. This book considers the relationship between planning and policy, taking as its starting point an analysis of health care and the dynamics of the policy process. The author provides a working knowledge of the different ways policy issues can be analyzed and sets out the problems involved in assessing the views of different interest groups. She stresses the importancr of suporting an active process of policy development. Carol Barker goes on to look at key concepts in analyzing health care issues and examines some of the debates overshadowing today's health policy agenda, as set by international agencies and by developing nations. She emphasizes the importance of understanding these issues as an aid to strategic thinking on policy implications in health care. An important focus of this book is an analysis of the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved in the process. This book should enable the reader to develop an understanding of the breadth and objectives of health policy studies and the ability to assess both the need and the scope of change. It should be useful reading for students and academics of health care policy, as well as those involved in the policy process, whether as policy makers, researchers, managers or health care professionals.
