Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy Ch. 3, 4

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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