– First and foremost, this topic revolves around the political system and social policies in AUSTRALIA. So focus should be within the AUSTRALIAN context.

– The Australian policy that is being analysed is “Respite Support for Carers of Young People with Severe or Profound Disability.”.

– REFER to the previous Policy Analysis Paper 1 that had been written regarding the critical analysis of the policy formation and agenda-setting stages of the selected policy. I will be uploading the graded Paper 1 with my professor’s remarks of which you rectify the mistakes that my professor has pointing out and should improve on in this SECOND analytical paper. (Her remarks are written in blue bubble boxes on the right-hand corner of the pages.)

– This Part 2 paper is a critical analysis of the policy IMPLEMENTATION stages of the selected policy, which includes the identification and analysis of the:

• policy instruments used to achieve the desired policy goals

• policy consultation and coordination processes

• policy implementation decision-making strategies

• policy implementation choices

• policy evaluation from invited internal or external evaluators

• policy evaluation from unsolicited internal or external analysts

– This second paper is a critical analysis of the policy instruments, consultation and coordination processes, implementation choices and strategies, and evaluation processes. The assignment should provide a succinct outline of the policy purpose and context, and its relation to existing policies/programs. It should concludes the analysis with a succinct summary of scholarly recommendations. It should provide a sound structure of analysis and professional presentation throughout the paper:

– Utilise the Althaus (2013) policy cycle framework for applied analysis to the selected policy

– Utilise the Bacchi (2009) What’s the Problem Represented to Be? (WPR) framework – chapters 1 and 2 – for APPLIED analysis to the selected policy

– As applicable, engage with OTHER ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS for APPLIED analysis to go beyond the basis task, for example:

• social divisions of welfare framework (Titmuss)

• governmentality framework (Foucault, Dean, Colebatch and many others)

• social construction framework; discourse framework (go to C.O. Learning Resources pp. 5-6 and relevant discipline journals)

• critical theory framework; ideology framework; feminist framework (as above)

– Provide CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION, rather than just descriptive discussion

– Substantiate all critical and analytical discussion from the scholarly literature and other appropriate sources

– Engage scholarly literature specific to the selected policy, and the broader policy area

– Analysis is the policy response to the social issue, NOT an analysis of the social issue

– The paper should NOT provide a general discussion on any analytical frameworks

– There is NO ‘essay-style’ introduction or conclusion to the issues identified and analysed in this Part 2 Policy Analysis Paper

– The Bacchi WPR questions are not discrete ‘headings’, nor are these questions outlined, described or explained in your paper

– Sophisticated academic expression and professional presentation should be used

– Usage of quality academic and other scholarly sources

Suggested headings and approx. section length:

Policy Context -:- no more than 150 words

Policy Instruments: Methods and Levers -:- approx. 400 words

Policy Consultation and Coordination Processes -:- approx. 400 words

Policy Implementation: Strategies and Choices -:- approx. 400 words

Policy Evaluation and Review: Internal and External -:- approx. 400 words

Policy Recommendations: Internal and External -:- no more than 250 words

**[DO TAKE NOTE of this ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK from my professor:

– More investigation into the Respite Support policy required e.g. links to ‘A Stronger, Fairer Australia’ statement and the NDIS.

– You will also need to access NGO (Non Government Organization) publications to further understand about funding and carer respite centres. THIS, with scholarly literature, will provide silences or contradictions in the policy drivers.

– You may have taken on TOO many issues and drivers. Focus on KEY issues.]**

IMPORTANT:

– Utilise the Althaus (2013) policy cycle framework for applied analysis to the selected policy (Textbook Reference: ‘Althaus, C, Bridgeman, P & •Davis, G 2012, The Australian policy handbook, 5th edn, Allen and Unwin, NSW.’)

– Utilise the Bacchi (2009) What’s the Problem Represented to Be? (WPR) framework – chapters 1 and 2 – for applied analysis to the selected policy

(Textbook Reference: ‘Bacchi, C 2009, Analysing policy: what’s the problem represented to be?, Pearson Education, Frenchs Forest.’ CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 2.)

** I will be uploading additional instructions/guideline as well as the graded written proposal AND the graded Policy Analysis Paper 1 that was previously written, for current reference.