Dimensions Of Social Welfare Policy Ch. 3, 4

choices among various principles upon which social provisions are made accessible to particular people and groups in society bases of social allocations conventional sense of fair treatment;peoples deservedness should be based on cont.to society,special cons.4 inability not their own making equity the desirability of providing a decent standard of physical and spiritual well being adequacy extent to which all individuals are treated as equal members of society. nobody who is eligible will feel shame/stigma from applying for benefits social effectiveness provisions that offer considerable choice to express individual preferences freedom of choice provisions that limit individual choice social control values that influence whether delivery system is designed along democratic or bureucratic lines freedom of dissent and efficiency values that find expression in financing and administration of programs local autonomy and centralization the influence and support that social science insights render to policy choices theory suppositions for which there has been little systematic effort to obtain and codify evidence assumptions provision of defined min subsidy 4 families with little/no income;use of formula to determine how much this subsidy decreases as earnings increase negative tax benefits made available to an entire pop. as a basic right universalism benefits made available on basis of individual need. usually determined by a test of income selectivity uniform payments to certian categories of persons indentified only by demographic char. demogrant becoming actively engaged in an experiment, part. develop a comm. to its sucess, and behave in ways that do not disappoint the investigators hawthrone effect a complete disclosure of income and assets; a direct way of confining social benefits means test concerend only with applicants current income, usually verified through tax returns income test eligibility based on member. in groups of people having common needs not met by existing social arrangements; need defined by normative standards attributed need eligibility conditional on member. in groups of people who have made special cont. or unfairly suffered harm at hands of society compensation eligibility conditional on prof. judgements of individual cases where special goods and services may be needed diagnositc differentiation eligibility conditional on evidence regarding individuals inability to purchase goods and/or services mean-tested need focusing on those most likely to benefit and ignoring those least likely to succeed in social programs creaming