ABSTRACT
In this part of the book, all but the last chapter illustrate the application of this new technique of policy analysis by using the findings of earlier sections in the discussion of propositions about how to employ the framework created by the new policy structure in Modernising Social Services. The first chapter (chapter 23) is about dimensions of 'independence', whose promotion is the central theme of the White Paper. Chapter 24 shows how the findings can illuminate matters that are more a matter of equity than of efficiency. It takes as a case study one of the most pressing issues of equity priorities of current policy discourse in the UK and in several other countries: striking a balance between resource concentration and diffusion. It discusses whether more resources than now should be allocated to less disabled persons on the grounds that it would prevent deterioration and promote rehabilitation. Chapter 25 switches the focus from the user to the other stakeholders; namely the other two members of the triads, informal caregivers and care managers. Chapter 26 turns from propositions about equity and efficiency and allocations to users and caregivers to a proposition that is purely about the supply system: the effects of creating one rather than another scenario for commissioning and decommissioning. Finally there is a chapter which comments on the findings and arguments, and considers their implications for the fundamental assumptions for the design of policy techniques in an outcome-led knowledge-informed policy system.
