Policy creation and evaluation : understanding welfare reform in the United States / Richard Hoefer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoefer, Richard.

Contributor:

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Pocket guides to social work research methods

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

United States.

Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States.

Public welfare--Law and legislation.

United States--Social policy.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Social Policy Creation and Evaluation

Using the Historical Approach

Using the Politics and Power Approach

Using the "Rational Actor" Approach

Summary of the Three Models

Using Qualitative Methods to Understand What the Policy Did / eith Regina Aguirre

Using Quantitative Methods to Understand What the Policy Did

Using Mixed Methods to Understand What the Policy Did

Using Social Policy Creation and Evaluation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199918560

0199918562

Publisher Number:

99967334494

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.