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Policy analysis for social workers / 6 6 Richard K. Caputo. - - - xxxi, 315 pages 23 cm. - - - - - . - Social work in the new century . - 0 . - . - 0 .



Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-293) and index.

Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- The world of policy analysis -- Science, values, and policy analysis -- The purpose of policy analysis -- Approaches to policy analysis -- Policy as product -- Evaluating policy proposals -- Matching policy proposals to problems -- Costs, benefits, and risks -- Applying cost-benefit analysis -- Policy as process -- Making policy -- Implementing policy -- Policy as performance -- Approaches to evaluation -- Evaluation, values, and theory -- Epilogue: a holistic framework for policy analysis -- Appendix A: CSWE core competencies -- Appendix B: Historical overview of policy analysis and policy studies -- Web sites -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the author.

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