David Stoesz

Building Better Social Programs

How Evidence Is Transforming Public Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations driving the evidence-based movement, and proposes innovations designed to extend benefits to the working class. In addition to providing case studies of cost-effective programs delivering positive outcomes, this volume will include interviews with luminaries who have propelled the evidence-based policy movement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780190945572
• ISBN-10: 0190945575
• Artikelnr.: 57748800

Autorenporträt

David Stoesz, PhD, MSW, is a recognized expert in social policy, having published books on welfare reform, child welfare, international development, and the welfare state. He is the founder of Up$tart, an innovative firm that bundles social benefits for low-income college students.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Welfare State on Autopilot
Chapter 2. Wednesday's Children
Chapter 3. Poor Policy
Chapter 4. Starving the Beast
Chapter 5. The Nurse Family Partnership
Chapter 6. The Abecedarian Project
Chapter 7. Year Up
Chapter 8. Arnold Ventures
Chapter 9. The Jameel-Poverty Action Lab
Chapter 10. American Development Accounts
Chapter 11. Uptart
Chapter 12. A Refundable Volunteer Tax Credit
Chapter 13. Inync
Chapter 14. Silver Bullets and Other Obstacles
Chapter 15. Innovation