Systematic Thinking for Social Action.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivlin, Alice M., author.

Contributor:

Shalala, Donna E., writer of foreword.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Brookings Institution.

Series:

Brookings classics.

H. Rowan Gaither lectures in systems science.

A Brookings Classic Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Social problems--Research.

Program budgeting.

Experimental design.

Social problems--Research--United States.

Social problems.

Program budgeting--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015]

Summary:

In January 1970 Alice M.Rivlin spoke to an audience at the University of California-Berkeley.The topic was developing a more rational approach to decisionmaking in government.If digital video, YouTube, and TED Talks had been inventions of the 1960s, Rivlin's talk would have been a viral hit.

Contents:

Preface to the new edition

Introduction

Who wins and who loses

What does the most good

Producing effective services : what do we know? Why do we care

Can we find out what works?

Accountability : what does it mean?

Notes:

"A Brookings classic."

With a new preface by the author.

"First Brookings edition published 1971"--Title page verso.

"Originally delivered in January 1970 as the third H. Rowan Gaither Lecture, at the University of California, Berkeley"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8157-5282-2

OCLC:

905914897