Lesley Hoyes, Robin Means and Julian LeGrand, Made to Measure? Performance Measurement and Community Care, Occasional Paper 39, School for Advanced Urban Studies, Bristol, 1992, 711 pp., £8.95, ISBN 0 873 57521 1. - Gary Craig, Cash or Care, A Question of Choice: Cash, Community Care and User Participation, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York, 1992, 80 pp., £5.00, ISBN 1 871 71300 5.

In November, the Secretary of State for Social Security announced that benefits would be uprated in line with inflation in April 1995. However, since 1979, there has been a widening gap between the incomes of poor and wealthier households (94—24/2—1.1). A report from the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) highlights government failure to uprate benefits in line with earnings as contributing to this growing inequality. Figures produced by the Government Statistical Service on the estimated take-up of incomerelated benefits for 1992 claim that more than four out of five of those eligible claim some £9 out of £10 of the available cash. The figures for family credit show a steady increase in take-up from 57 per cent of the caseload in 1988–9 to 66 per cent in 1991–2. Income support figures suggest that the take-up is now between 77 and 87 per cent.

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The development of social policy research in Israel

Israel Affairs ◽

10.1080/13537121.2014.955652 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 452-469

Author(s):

John Gal ◽

Roni Holler

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Policy Research

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Rejoinder: Contradictions and Irony in Policy Research

Economic Development Quarterly ◽

10.1177/089124249500900405 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 327-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alfonso Morales ◽

Steven Balkin ◽

Joseph Persky

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Informal Sector ◽

Real World ◽

Social Life ◽

Policy Research ◽

Policy Decisions ◽

Negative Effects

We have been stimulated by this exchange on both personal and intellectual levels. Intellectual pursuits have been subdivided by scholars with various interests. However, specialization is not in itself an evil, except when it constrains fruitful analysis of empirical issues that have real-world implications for social policy and people's lives. Problems of social life and social policy typically speak to and provoke scholars of all kinds. Hence opportunities to investigate empirical interests from a variety of perspectives are opportunities forus all to learn the strengths and limitations of our tools. We wish this kind of discussion about the importance of the informal sector and marketplaces had occurred before the destruction of the Maxwell Street Market. This exchange might have further informed policy decisions and perhaps avoided some of the negative effects of dismantling the market. Nonetheless, we thank those who commented for their thoughtful responses. We agree with many but not all of their views, as the responses below suggest. Our methodology involved integrating ethnography and analytical economics; throughout, we have tried to strike a reasonable balance between analysis and participation.

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The Research Relationship: Practice and Politics in Social Policy Research.

Man ◽

10.2307/2802851 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 407

Author(s):

Angela Cheater ◽

G. C. Wenger

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Policy Research ◽

Research Relationship

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Social Work's Evolution in the United Kingdom: A Study of Community Care and Social Control

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1606/1044-3894.3889 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 90 (3) ◽

pp. 336-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

W. David Harrison

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Control ◽

Social Services ◽

Community Care ◽

Social Changes ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Model Of Practice

Community social work was a model of practice that was advocated by many roughly from the late 1970s through the 1980s, in the United Kingdom. The approach faded as the field of social work and social services changed drastically in subsequent years. This study conducted in 2006 and 2007, follows up a 1984 study of community social work advocates to learn how the same people understood the changes that occurred over more than 20 years. A total of 9 of the original 30 participants discussed the important role of social policy and social changes that appear to have led toward more individualized, mechanistic, and often control-oriented services.

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Building Research Capacity and Organizational Empathy Among Students: Making Connections Beyond the Data

International Journal for Population Data Science ◽

10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1557 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Anita Durksen ◽

Shannon Struck ◽

Alexandra Guemili ◽

Soomin Han ◽

Emily Brownell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Administrative Data ◽

Linked Data ◽

Common Ground ◽

Social Issues ◽

Policy Research ◽

Complex Data ◽

Research Experience ◽

Data Repositories ◽

Linked Administrative Data

IntroductionThe leveraging of multi-sector, whole-population, linked administrative data is advantageous for conducting research on complex real-world problems. However, such large and complex data repositories can sometimes appear impersonal and overwhelming. Establishing organizational empathy (OE) in thecontext of a multi-sector partnership between academic, government and community representatives can help us understand the data better for social policy research. Evidence stemming from this research can then inform policy decisions, ultimately increasing the potency of linked data analysis and creating more meaningful student experiences. Our objective is to examine the role of OE in the student research experience. Objectives and ApproachSPECTRUM (Social Policy Evaluation Collaborative Team Research at Universities in Manitoba) is a multi-disciplinary partnership working to provide evidence-based solutions to ‘wicked’ social issues by using linked data from multiple sectors. SPECTRUM provides fellowships to students to become partners in the collaboration. Students have participated in quarterly workshops, building relationships with community leaders, government decision-makers and academic researchers. Students are from various faculties, bringing their unique frameworks and research interests to the collective. Through OE, students observeand participate in SPECTRUM, relating its goals and outcomes to society and their own research. ResultsStudent inclusion in SPECTRUM enhances the partnership by providing a greater range of perspectives and facilitates the development of OE among SPECTRUM members. Students are using linked administrative data, while actively engaging in dialogue with stakeholders, thereby enriching their knowledge and understanding of research. Conclusion / ImplicationsData linkage involves more than just use of the repository; it requires establishing common ground since the data have different meaning to each partner. OE developed through SPECTRUM provides invaluable insight into and context for the data. Knowledge transfer among members of the partnership will enrich SPECTRUM’s research outcomes while building capacity among Students.

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