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2 pages in length. Summarizing the integral components of chapter 3 in Gilbert and Terrell's "Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy" provides a framework for social welfare analysis that strives to overcome the barriers inherent to contemporary policymaking. The authors approach this need for change as a means by which to implement "dimensions of choice" (Gilbert et al, 1997, p. 56) where social welfare policy is concerned, helping to adjust reality through "culling and distilling the essential elements of complex phenomena" (p. 56). No additional sources cited.
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the barriers inherent to contemporary policymaking. The authors approach this need for change as a means by which to implement "dimensions of choice" (Gilbert et al, 1997, p. 56)
where social welfare policy is concerned, helping to adjust reality through "culling and distilling the essential elements of complex phenomena" (p. 56). The entire book is structured upon the notion
that social welfare policy must be looked at from a communal perspective, leaving out the socially and economically destructive aspects that are intrinsic to private interests. "The merger of
welfare programs and private enterprise assumes a harmony among social and economic purposes that is not self-evident" (Gilbert et al, 1997, p. 58). The manner by which such components
of social policy should be analyzed, according to the authors, is by way of understanding how social welfare allocations are inextricably connected from within the economic marketplace and what such
implications mean for the overall, larger picture, inasmuch as "the social market contains both a public and a private sector" (Gilbert et al, 1997, p. 57). This is where the
term distributive justice comes into play, in that there must be a more equitable arrangement for determining who gets what and why some receive while others do not in the
form of social and economic assistance. Gilbert and Terrell (1997) note how three primary values - equality, equity and adequacy - reflect the fundamental basis upon which the design
of policy is established, further pointing out how when given these three values, there is no guarantee that they will always work harmoniously. For example, the authors discuss the
impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the impact it has had upon decision-making alternatives. "In allocating financial aid outside of economic markets, public assistance programs like
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