Building Better Social Programs: How Evidence Is Transforming Public Policy

by David Stoesz

Book Overview

Evidence-based policymaking has, in recent decades, become a focus of program innovation in social care that engages foundations, universities, and state and federal governments. Rigorous research, epitomized by Randomized Controlled Trials, has become the benchmark for demonstrating efficacy and efficiency in social programming. Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190945575
• ISBN13: 9780190945572
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"