Handbook of social policy evaluation / edited by Bent Greve.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greve, Bent.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Evaluation.

Social policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.) ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017.

Summary:

This Handbook uses methodologies and cases to discover how and when to evaluate social policy, and looks at the possible impacts of evaluation on social policy decisions. The contributors present a detailed analysis on how to conduct social policy evaluation, how to be aware of pitfalls and dilemmas and how to use evidence effectively. Organized into three thematic sections, this new resource includes contributions from a variety of researchers from a range of disciplines and countries. The first section explores evaluation and examples of methods used; the second focuses on the intersection between evaluation and policy-making; and the third delves into current social policy in order to discover the use of evaluation within central welfare state policies. One conclusion found is that welfare states are increasingly using evidence, but that it varies from and within different welfare areas. Researchers and students with an interest in evaluation and social policy analysis, as well as policy-makers and administrators in need of evidence and analysis on the subject, will find much value in this clear and precise overview of the use and misuse of evidence.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

1. Introduction: evaluation as an instrument in social policy / Bent Greve

Part I: What is evaluation - and examples of methods

2. Randomized controlled trials / Robert Boruch, Rui Yang, Jordan M. Hyatt and Herbert Turner III

3. Quasi-experimental comparison group designs for social policy evaluation / Christoph E. Mueller and Hansjoerg Gaus

4. Social return on investment (SROI), including elements on cost-benefit analysis / Massimo Costa

5. There are many (well, more than one) paths to Nirvana: the economic evaluation of social policies / Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining

6. Systematic reviews in social policy evaluation / Trude Sundberg

7. Participatory evaluation / Liz Richardson

Part II: Evaluation and policy

8. Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM) / Kat Smith and Tina Haux

9. Use and misuse of evaluation in social policy / Christopher Deeming

10. Challenges for policy makers: accountability and cost-effectiveness / Kellie Liket

11. Policy, practice and difference within welfare regimes: evidence from the UK216 / Jon Warren and Jonathan Wistow

12. Performance management / Morten Balle Hansen

13. Critical perspectives on using evidence in social policy / Peter Dahler-Larsen

14. Social impact bonds - evidence-based policy or ideology? / Michael J. Roy, Neil McHugh and Stephen Sinclair

Part III: Evaluation of concrete social policy areas

15. Heath care - evaluating the overall system / Sara Evans-Lacko and Martin Knapp

16. The evaluation of new medicines / Michael Calnan and Tom Douglass

17. Evaluating long-term care policies: challenges and advancements / Ricardo Rodrigues

18. Labour market / Werner Eichhorst

19. Ideology or evidence base? the role of work capability assessments for people with disabilities in UK welfare to work programmes / David Etherington

20. Integration / Anniken Hagelund and Hanne Cecilie Kavli

21. Evaluating interventions for children, young people, and families: theory, evidence, policy, and lessons learnt / Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Dawid Gondek, Isabelle Whelan, Jenna Jacob, Matt Barnard, Helen Gleeson, Makeda Gerressu, Monica Lakhanpaul, Caroletha Irish, Emma Cassells, Khyati Bakhai and Miranda Wolpert

22. The Matthew effect redux. going beyond the mean in evaluating family policies / Wim van Lancker

23. Eight attention points when evaluating large-scale public sector reforms / Morten Balle Hansen, Karen Nielsen Breidahl, Jan-Eric Furubo, Anne Halvorsen

24. Poverty internventions / M. Azhar Hussain

25. How understanding research as consumer object can shed new light on evidence informed policy and practice in education / Chris Brown

26. Conclusion / Bent Greve

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contributors include: K. Bakhai, M. Barnard, A.E. Boardman, R. Boruch, K.N. Breidahl, C. Brown, M. Calnan, E. Cassells, M. Costa, C. Deeming, P. Dahler-Larsen, T. Douglass, J. Edbrooke-Childs, W. Eichhorst, D. Etherington, S. Evans-Lacko, J.-E. Furubo, H. Gaus, M. Gerressu, H. Gleeson, D. Gondek, B. Greve, A. Hagelund, A. Halvorsen, M.B. Hansen, T. Haux, M.A. Hussain, J.M. Hyatt, C. Irish, J. Jacob, H.C. Kavli, M. Knapp, R. Konle-Seidl, M. Lakhanpaul, K. Liket, N. McHugh, C.E. Mueller, L. Richardson, R. Rodrigues, M.J. Roy, S. Sinclair, K. Smith, T. Sundberg, H. Turner, W. Van Lancker, A.R. Vining, J. Warren, I. Whelan, J. Wistow, M. Wolpert, R. Yang.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781785363245 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.