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Social science in government : the role of policy researchers /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, New York :
The Rockefeller Institute Press,
2000.
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| Edición: | New edition. |
| Colección: | Rockefeller Institute Press.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- I. Introduction
- Chapter 1 � Applying Social Science to Government
- The Point of View of This Book
- The Role of Applied Social Science
- Endnotes
- Chapter 2 � Optimism and Disillusionment
- Applying Macroeconomics
- The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System
- Demonstration and Evaluation Research
- Doubts Arise
- Other Views
- Demise of the PPB System
- Assessing Demonstration and Evaluation Research
- Endnotes
- II. Demonstration Research
- Chapter 3 � The Nature of Demonstration ResearchThe Vocabulary of Demonstration Research
- The Negative Income Tax Demonstrations
- Other Income Maintenance Demonstrations
- Demonstrations of Service-Type Programs
- Endnotes
- Chapter 4 � Hurdles of Demonstration Research
- Selection Bias
- The Null Hypothesis
- Contamination
- Relations with Program Operators
- Quality and Consistency of Treatment
- Cost and Quality of Data
- Treatment of Human Subjects
- The Uncertainty of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Chapter 5 � Welfare Demonstration StudiesSupported Work
- Results Focus on Welfare
- Implications for Welfare Reform
- MDRC�s Work/Welfare Demonstrations
- Endnotes
- III. Evaluation Research
- Chapter 6 � The Nature of Evaluation Research
- The Federalism Barrier Reef
- Scientific Implications
- Endnotes
- Chapter 7 � Evaluating the California GAIN Program
- The GAIN Process
- The MDRC Evaluation
- The Research Challenge
- Discoveries in the Implementation Process
- Endnotes
- Chapter 8 � The 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform LawsThe Family Support Act of 1988
- The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996
- Endnotes
- Chapter 9 �Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988
- Three Strategies
- Little Fanfare or Rhetoric
- Endnotes
- Chapter 10 � Evaluating the Personal Responsibility Act of l996
- Changed Signals
- New Partners
- Diversion
- Sanctioning
- Political Detoxification
- Second Order Devolution
- Adaptability of the Research Process
- Endnotes
- Chapter 11 � Lessons from Evaluations of Employment and Training ProgramsThe CETA Public Service Employment Program
- The Complementarity Approach
- Studies of Individual Impacts under CETA
- Endnotes
- Chapter 12 � The Beginning of the Field Network Evaluation Methodology
- The Research Approach
- Endnotes
- IV. Conclusions
- Chapter 13 � Public Policy and Policy Research: Limits and Possibilities
- Evaluation Research � The Frontier of Applied Social Science
- The Demand for Policy Research
- Concluding Comments
- Endnotes
- Index