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INVESTING IN THE DISADVANTAGED
ASSESSING THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF SOCIAL POLICIES |
| By: |
David L. Weimer (Editor), Aidan R. Vining (Editor), Michael A. Stegman (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£23.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1589015991 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781589015999 |
| Publisher: |
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
26 March, 2009 |
| Series: |
American Governance and Public Policy series |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Synopsis: |
With budgets squeezed at every level of government, cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds outstanding potential for assessing the efficiency of many programs. In this first book to address the application of CBA to social policy, experts examine ten of the most important policy domains: early childhood development, elementary and secondary schools, health care for the disadvantaged, mental illness, substance abuse and addiction, juvenile crime, prisoner reentry programs, housing assistance, work-incentive programs for the unemployed and employers, and welfare-to-work interventions. Each contributor discusses the applicability of CBA to actual programs, describing both proven and promising examples.The editors provide an introduction to cost-benefit analysis, assess the programs described, and propose a research agenda for promoting its more widespread application in social policy. Investing in the Disadvantaged considers how to face America's most urgent social needs with shrinking resources, showing how CBA can be used to inform policy choices that produce social value. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student and over |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Georgetown University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Louis Brownlow Book Award (United States).
Winner of Gladys M. Kammerer Award (United States).
Winner of Public Administration Section: Herbert A. Simon Book Award
Winner of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (United States).
Winner of Louis Brownlow Book Award (United States). |
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Non-returnable |
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