Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research

Herausgeber: Hoefer, Richard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research is a careful selection of the finest papers from the 2004 Social Policy Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina. These presentations from respected experts spotlight the latest and best research on a wide variety of crucial social policy issues. Explanations are provided on how to use qualitative and quantitative methods to research social policy questions, with a clear view on how to apply research results to today's social problems and programs. The text includes extensive up-to-date bibliographies and literature reviews.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780789032058
• ISBN-10: 0789032058
• Artikelnr.: 21189656

Autorenporträt

Richard Hoefer

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Looking Inside the Black Box: A Methodology for Measuring Program
Implementation and Informing Social Services Policy Decisions (Terry
Carrilio)
* In Their Own Voices. Using Qualitative Research and Consumer
Narratives for Systems Change (Katherine H. Leith and Lyn Phillips)
* Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: Involving Elders in Policy Making
for Their Own Care and Life Satisfaction (Kathryn McKinley and Geri
Adler)
* Child Abuse Investigation and Treatment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Children: Ethical Practice and Policy (Emilie Edwards, Jennie Vaughn,
and Karen Smith Rotabi)
* Connecting Policy to Practice: Analyzing the Variables of the Section
8 Housing Program Policy Process (Barbra A. Teater and David C.
Kondrat)
* Toward a More Inclusive Poverty Knowledge: Traumatological
Contributions to the Poverty Discourse (Shawn A Cassiman)
* Effects of Work Incentive Policies and Determinants of the
Socioeconomic Status of Welfare Leavers in an Economically
Disadvantaged Area (Kyoung Hag Lee)
* Shadow Welfare II: Tax Expenditures and Corporate Welfare in the
States (Christopher S. Blanchard and Daniel D. Huff)
* Index
* Reference Notes Included