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Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research (Paperback)
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Apply knowledge from the latest research to urgent social problems
and programs 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.
Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research discusses various social policy
topics, approaches, and the latest high-quality research and
findings. Students learn how others have researched the topics
using different approaches, while practitioners gain important new
information relevant to their jobs and practice areas. Chapters
explore vital perspectives, such as how to link program evaluation
to policy practice, how clients' in their own voices views bring
more convincing rationale to policymakers, and how the trauma
perspective can spotlight the true effects of poverty, inequality,
and oppression in our society. The text includes extensive
up-to-date bibliographies and literature reviews. Topics in
Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research include: measuring program
implementationto differentiate between theories that don't work and
programs that aren't effective inclusion of qualitative methods
into research in social policy the latest quality-of-life research
for the elderly in nursing homes effective intervention practices
for deaf and hard of hearing children susceptible to abuse in-depth
analysis of the eight variables of the Section 8 Housing Program
policy process trauma theory and its application to poverty policy
the impact of work incentive policies examination of state and
local governments granting large tax breaks to corporationsand the
implications for social welfare practitioners Cutting-Edge Social
Policy Research is stimulating, insightful reading for
practitioners, educators, and students in social policy, social
work, sociology, and political science.
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