Policy Into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform

by Jose Clare Yglesias, Mary Clare Lennon, Thomas Corbett

Book Overview

The sweeping changes of 1996's welfare reform legislation are more than just new policies. They represent a profound transformation of the character and structure of social policy institutions in the United States, a shift from a bureaucratic, centralized mode for income transfer, to a "professional" mode aimed at complex behavioral change. The evaluation community has responded with a shift from traditional impact analyses to implementation studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877667144
• ISBN13: 9780877667148
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.