Voices for Children: Rhetoric and Public Policy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815724020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Advocates for Children or Education Should read this Book" according to Chescat5. Well researched and thought out, as well as clearly written. Excellent for anyone involved in advocacy on behalf of children or education. Probably not of great interest to the general reader.
Gormley Jr. is University Professor and professor of government and public policy at Georgetown University and codirector of the Center for Research on Children in the U.S. He is the author of several books, including Organizational Report Cards with David Weimer and Bureaucracy and Democracy w
"Gormley's nuanced view of the broader policy environment highlights how policy frames are mediated by economic decline, fiscal constraints, public opinion, partisanship, and the political culture of states. This multimethod approach provides a strong empirical basis to inform an understanding of how politicians, staffers, policy analysts, advocates, the media, and the American public frame children's policy, and it generates rich, timely, and valuable evidence that can be used by child advocates to develop stronger arguments in future debates over child health, child poverty, child welfare, and education policy."Social Service Review. Summing
In two randomized experiments, he finds that "economic" frames are more effective than "moralistic" frames in generating public support for children's programs. It finds some hopeful examples that could transform how we think about children's issues and the kinds of public policies we adopt.. Why has public policy neglected the development phase of young Americans' lives not only in substantive dollars spent, but also in program design and implementation? Noted child care and education policy expert William Gormley highlights the portrayal of children's issues in both the mass media and in public policymaking to explain why children have gotten short shrift. A key explanation is the limited mass media coverage of strong arguments in support of children's programs.After documenting changes in rhetoric on children and public policy over time and variations across policy domains and government venues, Gormley demonstrates that some "issue frames" are more effective