
What's Your Problem?
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Stuart Connor is a lecturer in social policy at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research interests include critical approaches to the analysis of contemporary social policy and practice. This work includes examining the role of governments, trade unions, NGOs, social movements and community practitioners in the fabrication of 'social problems' and attempts to legitimate and challenge particular policy responses.
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Introduction Section 1 - Reading policy Chapter 1 - Making claims and using frames Chapter 2 - Equivalence and difference Chapter 3 - Legitimate assumptions Section 2 - Writing policy Chapter 4 - The role of the analyst Chapter 5 - What do you think? Chapter 6 - Making your case Section 3 - Performaing Policy Chapter 7 - Models of the Policy Process Chapter 8 - Power and Influence Chapter 9 - Making a difference Conclusion