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Readings in Evaluation Research, 2ed

Author : Francis G. Caro
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610441095
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Readings in Evaluation Research, 2ed written by Francis G. Caro and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1977-04-25 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affords a comprehensive overview of evaluative research, answering questions regarding the adequacy of organized programs in health, justice, education, employment, and welfare. Included are general statements about evaluative research, discussing the nature of the evaluative task, the role of evaluative research in programs for change, and appropriate methodological strategies. In this revised and expanded collection of readings, which includes more case materials and more illustrations of completed evaluations than the first edition, the editor presents a variety of viewpoints and a broad range of materials for the social planner, administrator, and social scientist.

Making a Difference

Author : Irwin Deutscher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351290703
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Making a Difference written by Irwin Deutscher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasis on measurement techniques can interfere with understanding how well particular social programs in their field work. In Making a Difference: The Practice of Socioloy, Irwin Deutscher links traditional sociological concerns with applied sociology in an effort to overcome this problem. He contributes to the debate over the extent to which health, educational, and social programs initiated by the Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations have been successful in intimate, human terms. Deutscher believes that the introduction of a sociological perspective can provide a positive element to interdisciplinary pursuits. This belief, as well as his fresh perspectives on both the strengths and limitations inherent in applied sociology, offer the field a revitalising lift. As such, this highly informative, thought-provoking volume will be of interest to sociologists and policy makers in health, education, crime, welfare, and housing.

Topias and Utopias in Health

Author : Stanley R. Ingman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311088853X
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Topias and Utopias in Health written by Stanley R. Ingman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topias and Utopias in Health: Policy Studies.

Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning

Author : Carl Patton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317349997
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning written by Carl Patton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels. Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in degree of complexity, the text provides readers with the resources they need for effective policy planning and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods are systematically combined to address policy dilemmas and urban planning problems. Readers and analysts utilizing this text gain comprehensive skills and background needed to impact public policy.

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Beyond Words

Author : Kurt W. Back
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610440218
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Words written by Kurt W. Back and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1972-03-11 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensitivity training, T-Groups, and encounter groups have become a way of life. Beyond Words traces the history of this movement, the background of its successes, its varieties, and its failures. Dr. Back's approach is neither one of wide-eyed admiration nor hostility. Instead, he has written a book that provides the first long, hard look at sensitivity training as a social phenomenon. From its fortuitous beginnings the movement is followed through its developments at Bethel, its growth across the country, its new centers in California, its spread to Europe. The novelty of this movement, an almost religious exercise based on the scientific ethos, is related to the peculiar conditions of the last quarter century. The movement has acquired its own mythos. Dr. Back examines the interplay of the conflicting aims of self-expression and change, and shows how these contradictory aims have affected the ramifications of the movement in theory, in management, in recreation, and in education. Results emerging from studies on effects of sensitivity training indicate a recurrent pattern of great immediate emphasis followed by little permanent beneficial effect. Finally, Beyond Words assesses the overall impact of the movement, its relation to science, its possible changes, and its portent as a symptom of the state of society. Dr. Back examines the interplay of the conflicting aims of self-expression and change, and shows how these contradictory aims have affected the ramifications of the movement in theory, in management, in recreation, and in education.

The Human Meaning of Social Change

Author : Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9781610441025
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Human Meaning of Social Change written by Angus and Converse, Philip E. Campbell and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1972-03-30 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a companion piece to Sheldon and Moore's Indicators of Social Change. Whereas Indicators of Social Change was concerned with various kinds of "hard" data, typically sociostructural, this book is devoted chiefly to so-called "softer" data of a more social-psychological sort: the attitudes, expectations, aspirations, and values of the American population. The book deals with the meaning of change from two points of view. First, it is interested in the human meaning which people attribute to the complex social environment in which they find themselves; their understanding of group relations, the political process, and the consumer economy in which they participate. Secondly, it discusses the impact that the various alternatives offered by the environment have on the nature of their lives and the fulfillment of those lives. The twelve essays which make up the volume deal successively with the major domains of life. Each author sets forth an inclusive statement of the most significant dimensions of psychological change in a specific area of life, to review the state of present information, and to project the measurements needed to improve understanding of these changes in the future.

Public Administration and Public Affairs

Author : Nicholas Henry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317344987
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration and Public Affairs written by Nicholas Henry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated in its 12th edition, Public Administration and Public Affairs shows readers how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. With a continuing and corroding crisis occurring, as well as greater governance by nonprofit organizations and private contractors, it is vital that readers are given the skills and tools to lead in such an environment. Using easy-to-understand metaphors and an accessible writing style, Public Administration and Public Affairs shows its readers how to govern better, preparing them for a career in public administration.

Welfare in Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Welfare in Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Devolution and Aging Policy

Author : Francis G Caro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136411275
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Devolution and Aging Policy written by Francis G Caro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore significant—but often-overlooked—aspects of aging policy! This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution—the decentralizing of service provision—and the roles that state/local government and private organizations now play in addressing the needs of our aging population. It will show you how to initiate innovations and make positive changes in aging policy through state and local initiatives, collaborations between the federal government and other government agencies, public/private collaboration, and strictly private initiatives. From the editors: “Around the world, the ground rules are being questioned about the role of national governments in addressing domestic needs. During the twentieth century in countries throughout the world, central governments assumed major responsibilities for a wide variety of human needs. Whether the concern was income security, health, housing, or education, interventions were premised upon convictions that a strong public sector role was essential and that major involvement of national governments was needed. More recently, a significant pattern [devolution] has emerged in many countries wherein these responsibilities have shifted away from national governments to regional and local governments as well as from the public to the private sector.” Thoughtfully divided into five sections that illustrate distinctly different forms of devolution, this book first provides an essential overview of devolution and then examines its implications for vital aspects of service provision to the elderly. In the United States in recent years, the single greatest focus for devolution has been the transformation of income security protections for poor families. The federal Aid to Families With Dependent Children program has been replaced by the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program. Devolution and Aging Policy examines that change and other important facets of the current climate of devolution, including: Medicaid-financed long-term care state sponsorship of services in retirement communities the implications of the Workforce Investment Act for the access of older workers to training at a state level to upgrade their work skills public/private sector collaboration in long-term care insurance long-term care ombudsman programs what state governments can do to help elders make use of information technology property tax credits for seniors that are given in exchange for volunteering on the municipal level how an HMO can encourage and stimulate service coordination and more!

Public Policy Analysis

Author : William N. Dunn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317344839
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Public Policy Analysis written by William N. Dunn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Policy Analysis, the most widely cited book on the subject, provides readers with a comprehensive methodology of public policy analysis. Starting from the premise that policy analysis is an applied social science discipline designed for solving practical problems facing public and nonprofit organizations, the book bridges the gap between theory and practice. It provides practical skills for conducting policy analysis and communicating findings through memos, position papers, and other forms of structured analytical writing. The book asks readers to critically anazlye the arguments of policy practitioners as well as political scientists, economists, and political philosophers.

Welfare in review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Welfare in review written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Principles of Scientific Sociology

Author : Walter Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351496638
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Scientific Sociology written by Walter Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principles of Scientific Sociology represents a major attempt to redirect the course of contemporary sociological thought. It is clear, well-organized, innovative, and original in its discussion of the context and methods of sociology conceived as a natural science. Wallace delineates the subject matter of sociology, classifies its variables, presents a logic of inquiry, and advocates the use of this logic for the acceptance or rejection of hypotheses or theories and for the solving of human problems. Social scientists, including political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, economists, social psychologists, and students of social phenomena among nonhumans, will find this work indispensable reading. Principles of Scientifc Sociology emphasizes the relationship between pure and applied sociological analysis. The essential contributions of each to the other are specified. Relationships between the substantive concepts of the sociology of humans, on the one hand, and the sociology of nonhumans, on the other, are systematized. In an attempt to put sociological analysis on a firm scientific basis, the book contains a concluding chapter focusing on central premises of natural science and their applicability to sociology. Wallace identifies the simple elements and relationships that sociological analysis requires if it is to lead to an understanding of complex social phenomena. On this basis, he considers the substantive elements and relations that comprise structural functionalism, historical materialism, symbolic interactionism, and other approaches to social data. He develops groundwork for standardizing these elements so that the contexts of different analyses may become rigorously comparable. The result is a fine, one-volume synthesis of sociological theory.

The Policy Analysis Source Book for Social Programs

Author : Arnold Kotz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Policy Analysis Source Book for Social Programs written by Arnold Kotz and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Science in the Making

Author : David C. Hammack
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610442660
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Social Science in the Making written by David C. Hammack and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1995-04-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Together, the historical essays in this volume provide the best account of how the Foundation moved away from its roots as a policy think tank.... This book of essays is the only extended treatment of the Foundation's history that includes both its distinguished early years and its emergence after World War II as the principal private foundation devoted to strengthening basic research in the social sciences." —ERIC WANNER, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, in his foreword to the volume

Academic and Entrepreneurial Research

Author : Ilene Nagel Bernstein
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610448251
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Academic and Entrepreneurial Research written by Ilene Nagel Bernstein and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1975-06-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As social action programs in health, education, and welfare have expanded, interest has grown in evaluating their implementation and effectiveness. Policymakers and social planners--at all levels of government and in the private sector--are currently confronted with the problem of evaluating the large number of human service programs that compete for available resources. Academic and Entrepreneurial Research presents a systematic study of the expenditure of federal funds for evaluation research. It reviews federally-supported evaluations of programs, including evaluations of social change experiments and research-demonstration programs funded by the various executive departments of the federal government. Evaluation studies of these large-scale programs vary in scope, quality, and potential utility. Bernstein and Freeman examine all projects initiated during fiscal year 1970 in order to understand better the methods employed, the types of persons engaged in such research, and expectations regarding the utilization of findings. The book provides data about "high" and "low" quality evaluation research and contains recommendations for restructuring the entire evaluation research enterprise in light of the findings.

Advice and Consent

Author : Peter DeLeon
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610441540
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Advice and Consent written by Peter DeLeon and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1989-01-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy analysis, as a practical matter, is hardly new. Throughout history, rulers have sought advice from priests or sages, and monarchs have conferred with counselors. The emergence of empirical social research in the nineteenth century laid the groundwork for policy advice that was more than an idiosyncratic political exercise, but it was not until well into this century that the systematic examination of policy issues became feasible. Advice and Consent traces the recent course of the "policy sciences," a term coined in 1951 to describe an analytic approach that draws on political science, sociology, law, economics, psychology, and operations research to examine specific social problems in context. Peter deLeon's unique contribution is to delineate two separate but related currents in the development of the policy sciences: first, the evolution of intellectual tools for analysis ("advice"); and second, the evolution of a perceived need for policy research as prompted by events such as the war on poverty ("consent"). Peter deLeon's concise and literate account of how these two trends shaped the policy sciences and affected each other clarifies the present state of policy research, explores its failure to realize fully its ideals, and frames the challenges facing the policy sciences as they struggle to complete their transformation from academic fancy to institutional fact.