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Laying or delaying the groundwork? a critical framing analysis of Australia’s National Disability Strategy from an implementation planning perspective
- Authors:
- MELLIFONT Damian, SMITH-MERRY Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(7), 2016, pp.929-947.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
National disability strategy implementation is challenging. Competing needs and interests of government and different stakeholders mean that implementation is rarely straightforward. This study undertakes a critical framing analysis of publically available responses to the draft implementation plan for Australia’s National Disability Strategy (2010–2014) provided by five peak disability organisations. The authors seek to understand the frames that peak bodies advocate in order to further the interests of people experiencing disability while mapping these against the broader Australian disability policy context and good policy practice more generally. The research reveals that the peak bodies promote frames which focus on consistency, responsibility, resourcing, inclusivity, co-production, innovation, leadership, accountability and language. In relation to these frames, the final government implementation plan demonstrates a shift in which process-related frames of resourcing and innovation are incorporated into the plan while the other predominantly actor-oriented frames are excluded and thus represented as natural and incontestable. (Edited publisher abstract)
Drug policy: a going-over down-under?
- Author:
- STOTHARD Blaine
- Journal article citation:
- Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14(1), 2014, pp.31-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to inform readers of developments in drug policy debate in Australia following the publication of the Global Commission Report. To explain the activities, discussions and findings of events organised by the Australian NGO Australia21. To provide some key contextual information and references. Design/methodology/approach: Overview of international situation following publication of Global Commission Report. Summary of current Australian national policy and its origins. Summary of recent national reports and their impact on policy. Account of NGO reports and recommendations. Findings: Civil society agencies have entered national debate on drug policy and recommended an abandonment of prohibition-based approaches, using the Global Commission Report as a catalyst. First steps have been taken to introduce this debate into the Australian parliament. Research limitations/implications: Incomplete knowledge of relevant national documentation. Practical implications: Probable delay in government developing debate and acting on recommendations in an election year. Originality/value: Case study of developments and debate in one jurisdiction resulting from Global Commission Report. Aligns with similar debate and moves in other nations. Adds to knowledge of developments which challenge existing international policy debate and practical approaches which reject prohibition. (Publisher abstract)
Choice and risk in pensions – contracting out in the UK
- Authors:
- THOMAS Meryl, DOWRICK Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Social and Public Policy Review, 6(1), 2012, pp.1-19.
- Publisher:
- University of Plymouth
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
The aim of this paper is to identify, trace and analyse the policy rends of various governments towards welfare provision, and in particular to the provision of pensions for its citizens, through the concept of contracting out of the state pension provision. This will be undertaken by examining six periods which have been divided according to the ruling government of the day, namely, the pre-contracting out era (which is of course largely ignored); the genesis years for contracting out; the years of the Castle reforms; the era of popular capitalism; the years of New Labour and the Coalition years. Contracting out will be examined against the extant social justice dimension which still survives in UK policy and legislative initiatives. Although contracting out has been abolished by the previous government its effects will be with us for some time to come. (Publisher abstract)
Narey, Narey, quite contrary
- Author:
- NAQVI Shahid
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, February 2013, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Martin Narey was appointed as the Goverment's 'adoption tsar' two years ago, and has faced criticism from some social workers for his outspoken views about the care and adoption system in England. In this article Martin Narey talks to the author and explains how he feels his views have been represented. He refutes a number of the views attributed him: that adoption should be encouraged as an alternative to abortion; that he said siblings should be separated to allow more children to be adopted; that he is against post-adoption support; and that he is against kinship care. He also discusses his views about speeding up the adoption process.
Development of a primary school road safety charter for Scotland: research findings
- Author:
- CAROLE MILLAR RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report investigates the feasibility of developing a national Primary School Road Safety Charter for Scotland and provides guidance on its development. The Scottish Road Safety Campaign (SRSC), committed to reducing deaths and serious injury to children, has developed an extensive range of road safety education resources for primary schools in Scotland. There is a concern that their application is inconsistent in both manner and frequency. A Road Safety Charter may be one means to encourage greater consistency and so improve road safety education. SRSC commissioned Carole Millar Research to undertake a study to explore the feasibility of developing a national road safety charter. The key aims of this research were to Identify successful components of existing charter schemes, explore the feasibility of developing a Primary School Road Safety Charter and to provide guidance to that development.
Development of a primary school road safety charter for Scotland
- Author:
- CAROLE MILLAR RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report investigates the feasibility of developing a national Primary School Road Safety Charter for Scotland and provides guidance on its development. The Scottish Road Safety Campaign (SRSC), committed to reducing deaths and serious injury to children, has developed an extensive range of road safety education resources for primary schools in Scotland. There is a concern that their application is inconsistent in both manner and frequency. A Road Safety Charter may be one means to encourage greater consistency and so improve road safety education. SRSC commissioned Carole Millar Research to undertake a study to explore the feasibility of developing a national road safety charter. The key aims of this research were to Identify successful components of existing charter schemes, explore the feasibility of developing a Primary School Road Safety Charter and to provide guidance to that development.
The Europeanisation of employment policy in the Czech Republic
- Author:
- SHUTTPELZ Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 13(2), July 2006, pp.151-171.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
Although the European Employment Strategy (EES) has applied to the new Member States only after accession, it had shaped the Czech employment policy well before that date. The author asks how the EES could gain such influence, despite the fact that the EES represents neither a very strong kind of EU regulation nor was pushed by the European Commission in course of its pre-accession strategy. Based on a critical review of the Europeanization literature, the author argues that effective Europeanization for most types of EU policies, especially for kinds of soft law, crucially depends on domestic actors and political structures. The role of political actors in the Europeanization process is demonstrated with the preparation for implementing the European Employment Strategy (EES) in the Czech Republic in the course of the accession to the EU. In the Czech case, the EU has been quite successful in influencing the agenda setting for the employment - the interpretation of labour market problems was shaped by the aims of the EES and led to an activation and streamlining of the employment policy. However, it was less the official employment policy review as part of the pre-accession strategy than the model function of the EES that was decisive for successful and early adaptation. [Article in English].
Safe in the law
- Author:
- ASQUITH Stewart
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.9.93, 1993, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Scotland has undergone a major review of child care policy with the launch of a new white paper, 'Scotland's Children'. Discusses the main recommendations of the paper and asks whether children with now be listened to and their rights will be protected.
Adoption: the future; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health ... November 1993
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office, GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Adoption White Paper.
Social work - health work
- Author:
- BYWATERS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(4), 1992, pp.277-284.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The implications of a series of Social Services Inspectorate reports on social services for hospital patients are critically discussed. These reports emphasise the strengths of hospital based social work, but also reveal continuing uncertainty about the contribution which social work can make to address the personal and social causes of ill-health. Considers the wider issues of social work's potential contribution to people's health in light of the White Paper 'Health of the Nation'.