殷妙仲教授社工讲座PPT.ppt

Miu Chung Yan (殷妙仲), PhD Professor University of British Columbia School of Social Work;Social policy, as a process, tend to be a top-down process. The legislative body dictates the process while implemented by lower level governments and other institutional actors Central coordination and monitoring Social policy, as a police framework, tend to universalize the targeted population. Fairness and equality Standardized assessment Standardized benefit ;Wicked problems (制度性壞問題) “cross departmental boundaries and resist the solutions that are readily available through the action of one agency” (Perri 6 et al. in Bradford, 2005: 4). Hierarchical immutable （分层性不流通） Departmental silos, red-tape, policy loophole etc. Institutional disconnection between different layers of actors: distortion of policy intention Rigidity （僵硬）: Standardization ignores diversity Equality but not equity (Chinese banquet effect) Regional discrepancies and competition Cookie cutter approach – real needs are not met Incapability in tackling the detrimental effects of globalization on local community;Social exclusion = (marginalized needs + geographical variation) X (centralization + standardization) Examples: Poverty: Regional economic variation impacted by globalization – various (un)employment condition Health: Medical resource for aging population in smaller urban centres which experience shrinking population Education: Changing population size affecting schooling needs in aging community, children with special needs Housing needs: Rising property cost in some urban centres due to the in-flow of global capitals – homeless, substandard housing condition;In Britain, National Health Service piloted Total Place initiative to try to minimize duplications and waste by integrating local resources and services. (Humphries Gregory, 2010) In USA, Clinton administration experienced hybrid framework integrating “people-centred” and “place-centred” approaches to tackle poor families in deprived neighbourh