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9780199918560

Policy Creation and Evaluation Understanding Welfare Reform in the United States

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199918560

  • ISBN10:

    0199918562

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2011-10-25
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Richard Hoefer, PhD, is Roy E. Dulak Professor for Community Research at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington.

Table of Contents


Preface

1. Social Policy Creation and Evaluation

Part I. Social Policy Creation
2. Using the Historical Approach
3. Using the Politics and Power Approach
4. Using the "Rational Actor" Approach
Summary of the Three Models

Part II. Social Policy Evaluation
5. Using Qualitative Methods to Understand What the Policy Did
With Regina Aguirre, PhD
6. Using Quantitative Methods to Understand What the Policy Did
7. Using Mixed Methods to Understand What the Policy Did
8. Conclusion: Understanding Social Policy Creation and Evaluation

Glossary
References
Index

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