Evaluating the Welfare State. Social and Political Perspectives

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Page xv
Introduction, Pages 1-3
Introduction to The Welfare State: Causes and Consequences, Pages 5-6
1 - The Political Consequences of the Welfare State, Pages 7-25, ANTHONY KING
2 - Class Politics and the Western Welfare State, Pages 27-50, MICHAEL SHALEV
3 - Political Legitimacy and Consensus: Missing Variables in the Assessment of Social Policy, Pages 51-74, HAROLD L. WILENSKY
4 - Social Policy Evaluation and the Psychology of Stagnation, Pages 75-88, BURKHARD STRÜMPEL
5 - Expectancies, Entitlements, and Subjective Welfare, Pages 89-108, EPHRAIM YUCHTMAN-YAAR
Introduction to Boundaries of the Welfare State and the Foci of Policy Evaluation, Pages 109-110
6 - The Growing Complexity of Economic Claims in Welfare Societies, Pages 111-129, LEE RAINWATER, MARTIN REIN
7 - Systematic Confusions in the Evaluation of Implementing Decisions, Pages 131-147, MURRAY EDELMAN
8 - The Welfare State: Issues of Rationing and Allocation of Resources, Pages 149-159, ABRAHAM DORON
9 - Charting the Iceberg: Visible and Invisible Aspects of Government, Pages 161-175, YAIR AHARONI
Introduction to Evaluation Research: Concepts and Issues, Page 177
10 - The Scope of Evaluation Activities in the United States, Pages 179-203, PETER H. ROSSI, RICHARD A. BERK
11 - Equity Criteria for the Evaluation of Social Welfare Programs: Mothers' Summer Recreation, Pages 205-216, SHIMON E. SPIRO, RUTH LIRON
12 - Community Mental Health in Israel: An Interim Policy Assessment, Pages 217-231, URI AVIRAM
13 - Reward Structures and the Organizational Design of Institutions for the Elderly, Pages 233-254, SEYMOUR SPILERMAN, EUGENE LITWAK
14 - Evaluating Slack in Public Programs by the Experience Curves Method, Pages 255-269, GIDEON DORON, URI ON
Introduction to Policy Evaluation in Selected Fields, Page 271
15 - Predicting the Consequences of Policy Changes: The Case of Public and Private Schools, Pages 273-293, JAMES S. COLEMAN
16 - The Evaluation of Social Outcomes in Education, Pages 295-317, GAEA LEINHARDT, SAMUEL LEINHARDT
17 - The Impact of Employment Programs on Offenders, Addicts, and Problem Youth: Implications from Supported Work, Pages 319-336, IRVING PILIAVIN, STANLEY MASTERS
18 - Changes in Helping Networks with Changes in the Health of Older People: Social Policy and Social Theory, Pages 337-357, EUGENE LITWAK, STEPHEN KULIS
Introduction to Debate, Choices, and the Impact of Evaluation, Page 359
19 - Policy Evaluation as Societal Learning, Pages 361-374, CAROL H. WEISS
20 - Fluctuations in the Political Demand for Policy Analysis, Pages 375-385, DANIEL TARSCHYS
21 - Hardness of Choice, Pages 387-396, ERIK COHEN
22 - The Political Culture of Social Welfare Policy, Pages 397-415, WILLIAM A. GAMSON, KATHRYN E. LASCH
Index, Pages 417-424