CHYS 3P27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Child Poverty, Policy Analysis

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 3P27
• Professor: V.Marinos

Document Summary

Outline: making a link between the problem and the solution, the stages of policymaking, learn to critically analysing policies for children and youth, dimensions of analysis: micro vs. macro improvements. 5 strengths and limitations of a to what extent are the policies effective in addressing root causes: examples, conclusions, seminar. Objective: provide a framework for thinking about policies for children and youth. Solutions - policy - often micro-level solution. Macro: root causes of the problem is the key. Micro-level solutions often easier to execute, but less effective in addressing to the root cause(s) Policy: principle or rule to guide decisions and/or achieve outcome(s) May apply to government, private sector organizations and groups, and individuals law -- federal, provincial or municipal can compel or prohibit behaviours. * in this course, policy includes law, and programs arising from policy and law. Social structural problems eradicate structure but difficult.