Social problems and public policy: A theoretical overview of policy issues and implications
New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment
ISBN: 978-1-84950-736-3, eISBN: 978-1-84950-737-0
Publication date: 5 February 2010
Abstract
The theoretical model draws on the pioneering work of Spector and Kitsuse (1973, 1977) describing the stages that a social problem goes through. These stages are conceptualized as cyclical in nature, with stages repeated (in modified form) across multiple cycles. Although the model provides for multiple cycles, only the first two cycles were explicitly formulated in the original paper. However, consideration of the developments described in this collection requires that we consider additional cycles, and doing so allows us to expand the model beyond its original formulation.
Citation
Peyrot, M. and Lee Burns, S. (2010), "Social problems and public policy: A theoretical overview of policy issues and implications", Peyrot, M. and Lee Burns, S. (Ed.) New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000017013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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