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This chapter will assess the outcome of the social policies we have examined. The analysis of social policy outcomes is important in its own right, but in addition it contributes to the analysis of the political function of social policy, including the issue of legitimacy. Some political studies of social policy end at the time when the political decisions are taken and the social policy institutions are formed. Other studies neglect the political background and political process leading up to the decisions and the formation of institutions, and merely analyse the outcomes and effects of social policies. Ideally, however, the study of the politics of social policy should bring together all these aspects into an integrated perspective that allows the analysis to move from the political background of the institutions through to the policy outcomes. Beyond this, there is the question of feedback effects to the political and social structure, which in turn is implicitly related to the politics of legitimation.
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Kwon, Hj. (1999). The Outcomes of Social Policy: An Appraisal from Two Perspectives. In: The Welfare State in Korea. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374294_5
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