TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muhlhausen,David B.
TI  - Do federal social programs work?
SN  - 9781440828034
AV  - HV95 .M845 2013
U1  - 361.60973 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Santa Barbara
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - United States
KW  - fast
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Sozialpolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sozialausgaben
KW  - Wirkungsanalyse
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-392) and index; Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Budget crisis -- Assessing effectiveness : the problem of selection -- Children and families -- Workers -- The way forward -- Appendix: Model legislation for multisite experimental evaluations -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - "Of course, the answer to that question will also help determine whether the American public should fear budget cuts to federal social programs. Readers, says author David B. Muhlhausen, can rest easy. As his book decisively demonstrates, scientifically rigorous national studies almost unanimously find that the federal government fails to solve social problems. To prove his point, Muhlhausen reports on large-scale evaluations of social programs for children, families, and workers, some advocated by Democrats, some by Republicans. But it isn't just the results that matter. It's the lesson to readers on how Americans can--and should--accurately assess government programs that cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year. At the book's core is an insistence that we move beyond anecdotal reasoning and often-partisan opinion to measure the effectiveness of social programs using objective analysis and scientific methods. At the very least, the results of such analysis will, like this book, provide a sound basis for much-needed public debate."--Jacket
ER  -