This Handbook uses methodologies and cases to discover how and when
to evaluate social policy, and looks at the possible impacts of
evaluation on social policy decisions. The contributors present a
detailed analysis on how to conduct social policy evaluation, how
to be aware of pitfalls and dilemmas and how to use evidence
effectively. Organized into three thematic sections, this new
resource includes contributions from a variety of researchers from
a range of disciplines and countries. The first section explores
evaluation and examples of methods used; the second focuses on the
intersection between evaluation and policy-making; and the third
delves into current social policy in order to discover the use of
evaluation within central welfare state policies. One conclusion
found is that welfare states are increasingly using evidence, but
that it varies from and within different welfare areas. Researchers
and students with an interest in evaluation and social policy
analysis, as well as policy-makers and administrators in need of
evidence and analysis on the subject, will find much value in this
clear and precise overview of the use and misuse of evidence.
Contributors include: K. Bakhai, M. Barnard, A.E. Boardman, R.
Boruch, K.N. Breidahl, C. Brown, M. Calnan, E. Cassells, M. Costa,
C. Deeming, P. Dahler-Larsen, T. Douglass, J. Edbrooke-Childs, W.
Eichhorst, D. Etherington, S. Evans-Lacko, J.-E. Furubo, H. Gaus,
M. Gerressu, H. Gleeson, D. Gondek, B. Greve, A. Hagelund, A.
Halvorsen, M.B. Hansen, T. Haux, M.A. Hussain, J.M. Hyatt, C.
Irish, J. Jacob, H.C. Kavli, M. Knapp, R. Konle-Seidl, M.
Lakhanpaul, K. Liket, N. McHugh, C.E. Mueller, L. Richardson, R.
Rodrigues, M.J. Roy, S. Sinclair, K. Smith, T. Sundberg, H. Turner,
W. Van Lancker, A.R. Vining, J. Warren, I. Whelan, J. Wistow, M.
Wolpert, R. Yang
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