TY - BOOK AU - Caputo, Richard K. AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - SN - 9781452203270 (paperback : alk. paper) SN - 2 PY - 2014///]46 CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE Publications KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Social workers.;Social work administration KW - sears;sears0 N1 - 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; 5 ER -