The methods of policy analysis discussed in this chapter represent:
a) Actually exist is pure form
b) Are ideal types
c) Are useful for academic discussions but bear little relevance to the "real world."
d) Occasionally overlap, but not too often
B
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In a cross-cultural study, what factor was shared among societies that allow women to participate in combat as active warriors?
A) They wage only internal (civil) warfare. B) They use high levels of technology in their combat. C) They have late marriages and low fertility rates. D) They marry within their own communities.
The Fair Labor Standards Act is significant because it established:
a) The 40-hour work week b) Adjustable minimum rage c) Equal pay for minorities d) Welfare capitalist mandates
In the context of social work, which of the following is true of a systems approach in assessing human behavior?
A) The concept of wholeness in systems theory asserts that a system and its normal functioning cannot be completely understood if it has been broken down into its component parts
B) ?The concept of relationship in systems theory indicates that the patterning and structuring among the elements in a system should be avoided to completely understand the system as a whole.
C)The concept of homeostasis in systems theory suggests emergence of the state of imbalance generated either within or outside a family ultimately acts to restore the homeostatic balance of the family.
Which of the following is NOT one of the perspectives used in calculating costs and benefits
in cost?benefit analysis?
a. program participants b. researchers c. society as a whole d. all of the answers represent such perspectives