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<p>This popular and practical text explores the basics of social policy and program analysis, including how to design new programs or evaluate and improve upon existing ones. It provides readers with the criteria for judging the effectiveness of current programs and outlines methods for analyzing social services such as counseling and therapeutic services, supportive assistance, and “hard benefits” such as food stamps, cash, and housing vouchers.</p> <p><b>Highlights of the New Edition —</b></p> <ul> <li>The most up-to-date information on current social programs</li> <li>A new section on the revolutionary move towards privatization of social welfare services in the past decade discussing its advantages and disadvantages</li> <li>A new section on the recent devolution of social welfare responsibilities from the federal government onto the states with its accompanying difficulties and benefits for financing and service delivery</li> <li>A new section on “faith-based” service delivery, and the new “charitable choice” idea</li> <li>A new section on the development of “for-profit” service delivery agencies and systems</li> <li>Updated sources and references with the latest research, inc

Author

Chambers, Donald E., Wedel, Kenneth C.

Publisher

Pearson/Allyn and Bacon

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780205571642

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences

Rating

4.5 / 5 (19 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14