Socioeconomic and Political Context

… one of the core Subjects in Public Management

Subject description

This public management subject, within the Institutions and Context domain, examines the different ways in which the processes and frameworks of public policy should be evaluated in light of the social, economic and political contexts in which they are developed. Some of the topics examined within this subject are the relationship between public values and expectations of public policy, and the impact of cultural diversity and demographic change on policy development. These courses may also provide an introduction to social policy and examine different ways social programs are structured in Canada and in other jurisdictions around the world.

Readings and concept comprehension questions associated with this subject can be found at Atlas105 Social, Environmental, and Global Context.

Core normed topics

The Study of the Socioeconomic Context for Politics and Policy Income Inequality and Poverty Immigration and Integration

Gender Inequality Indigenous Peoples Political Advocacy and the Nonprofit Sector

Core concepts

The Study of the Socioeconomic Context for Politics and Policy Social Policy Social Context Social Change Civil Society Critical Thinking Claims, Reason, and Evidence Motivated Reasoning Personal vs. Social Responsibility Welfare Dependency Privilege Political Correctness Public Opinion Pendulum Metaphor Morality Policy Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Challenges in Social Policy Welfare State Targeted vs. Universal Programs Retrenchment Capitalism State Intervention Socialism Economic Rationalism Solidarity vs. Individualism Marxism Critical Theory Post Modernism Feminism Liberalism Neoliberalism Conservatism Populism Secularism

Income Inequality and Poverty Economic Inequality Income Inequality Structural Inequality Davis-Moore Hypothesis Social Spending Occupational Ghettoization Social Contagion Hypothesis Tolerance for Inequality Social Determinants of Health Personal Circumstances and Redistribution Preferences Immigration and Integration Social Integration Multiculturalism Welfare Chauvinism Gender Inequality Affirmative Action Diversity and Equality Gender Differences at the Top Gender Differences in Competitiveness Gender Differences in Criminality Gender Differences in Earnings (Gender Wage Gap) Gender Differences in Health Gender Differences in Personality Gender Differences in Self-Esteem Gender Differences in the Brain Gender Differences in Variability Women’s Rights and Men’s Rights Movements

Indigenous Peoples Aboriginal Peoples Indigenization Indigenous Peoples – A Guide to Terminology Indigenous Rights Non-Status Indians Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Political Advocacy and the Nonprofit Sector Political Advocacy Nonprofit Groups Watchdog Organizations Interest Groups Political Elites Social Movements

Additional concepts [Links to Old Atlas]

Absolute Inequality Demographics Digital Divide Discouraged Searchers Distributive-Redistributive Policies Employment Insurance (EI) Employment Rate Frictional Unemployment Generational Income Mobility Gini Coefficient Human Development Index (HDI)

Identity Groups Illiteracy Inequality Intra-Generational Mobility Labour Migration Partial-coverage Program Pluralism Pluralist State Poverty Quality of Life (QoL) Indicators Rights Talk

Social Capital Social Diversity Thesis Social Fragmentation Social Indicators Social Mobility Stratification The Crown’s Fiduciary Relationship with Aboriginal Peoples Wage Subsidy Welfare Regimes Welfare State

Page created by: Ian Clark, last modified 28 December 2018.

Image: MaleWitch in Greater Good at http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/you_cant_buy_empathy, accessed 10 December 2015.