Essay questions

• Ch6:What difference do you see as being most significant between the ideology of human service executives and social entrepreneurs?
• Ch6:What difference do you see as being most significant between the perspectives of social entrepreneurs and clinical entrepreneurs?
• Ch6:How have members of marginalized groups secured positions within welfare bureaucracies?
• Ch6:How has the voluntary sector been important to U.S. social welfare?
• Ch6:What is commercialization, how does it serve nonprofits, and how has it changed nonprofit organizations in recent decades?
• Ch7:What contributions have business leaders made to U.S. social welfare?
• Ch7:How would you respond to Harry Specht and Mark Courtney’s criticism of private practice in Unfaithful Angels?
• Ch7:. What does David Osborne (in Reinventing Government) suggest for the integration of the public and private sectors? What is your opinion regarding the feasibility of this suggestion?
• Ch7:To what does the concept of preferential selection refer? What are the pros and cons?
• Ch7:What are the implications of the oligopolization of human services?
• Ch8:In your opinion what is the most important phase of the policy process? Why?
• Ch8:When a policy is enacted, does this ensure implementation? Why or why not?
• Ch8:Why do the authors insist that formulating social welfare policy in the U.S. is a "complicated and often arduous process?"
• Ch8:What are the primary obstacles to public policy reflecting the interests of all citizens to the greatest extent possible?
• Ch8:What are the primary obstacles to you pursuing a career in policy practice rather than direct practice?
• Ch9:How does Harry Hopkins saying "Tax, tax; spend, spend; elect, elect!” apply to contemporary political debates in America?
• Ch9:Does tax policy currently benefit special interest groups? Why or why not?
• Ch9:How does tax law affect the revenues of nonprofit organizations?
• Ch9:What factors account for the low tax rate in the United States compared to other OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations?
• Ch9:What are the advantages and disadvantages of converting anti-poverty programs to tax expenditures instead of direct welfare benefits?
• Ch10:For what does the current Social Security Act provide?
• Ch10:Discuss the trust funds into which Social Security and Medicare are divided. Include the names and mechanisms of governance.
• Ch10:Provide the reasons that Social Security is considered a "stellar example of a program that has worked." Are these reasons valid? Why or why not?
• Ch10:Compare and contrast the opinion of political conservatives and political liberals on Social Security. Explain.
• Ch10:Describe how the unemployment benefits system operates. Include eligibility criteria, the reasons for ineligibility, length of eligibility at the federal at state levels, and any other considerations that may be relevant
• Ch18:NGO’s have become very important in the provision of social and human services in underdeveloped nations. However, they are not always viewed favorably. What are some of the reasons NGO’s are viewed favorably, and what are some of the reasons they are not? Explain. What is your position?
• Ch18:With regard to social welfare, what are some common responses to unfavorable comparisons between the United States and other countries?
• Ch18:What are the Millennium Development Goals? Why does the UN specifically chose these goals? Are other goals that could foster development in a more efficient manner? In terms of reaching these goals, how is the world performing? What are some of the barriers to success?
• Ch18:Discuss the plusses and minuses of the Gini coefficient
• Ch18:Describe Esping-Andersen’s Welfare State Typology