Social science in government : the role of policy researchers / Richard P. Nathan.

Author
Nathan, Richard P. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Updated ed.
Published/​Created
Albany, N.Y. : Rockefeller Institute Press, 2000.
Description
xiii, 213 pages ; 23 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword / Michael J. Malbin
    • Applying Social Science to Government
    • The Role of Applied Social Science
    • Optimism and Disillusionment
    • Applying Macroeconomics
    • The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System
    • Demonstration and Evaluation Research
    • Doubts Arise
    • Demise of the PPB System
    • Assessing Demonstration and Evaluation Research
    • Demonstration Research
    • The Nature of Demonstration Research
    • The Vocabulary of Demonstration Research
    • The Negative Income Tax Demonstrations
    • Other Income Maintenance Demonstrations
    • Demonstrations of Service-Type Programs
    • 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
    • Welfare Demonstration Studies
    • Supported Work
    • Results Focus on Welfare
    • Implications for Welfare Reform
    • MDRC's Work/Welfare Demonstrations
    • Evaluation Research
    • The Nature of Evaluation Research
    • The Federalism Barrier Reef
    • Scientific Implications
    • Evaluating the California GAIN Program
    • The GAIN Process
    • The MDRC Evaluation
    • The Research Challenge
    • Discoveries in the Implementation Process
    • The 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform Laws
    • The Family Support Act of 1988
    • The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996
    • Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988 / Irene Lurie
    • Three Strategies
    • Little Fanfare or Rhetoric.
    ISBN
    • 0914341650 ((cloth))
    • 9780914341659 ((cloth))
    • 0914341669 ((pbk.))
    • 9780914341666 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    99087567
    OCLC
    43118276
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