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010			_a 2012051078
020			_a9781440828034 _q(hbk. ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a1440828032 _q(hbk. ; _qalk. paper)
020			_z9781440828041 _q(ebk.)
020			_z1440828040 _q(ebk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)810111256
050	0	0	_aHV95 _b.M845 2013
082	0	0	_a361.60973 _223
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100	1		_aMuhlhausen, David B.
245	1	0	_aDo federal social programs work? / _cDavid B. Muhlhausen.
264		1	_aSanta Barbara : _bPraeger, _c[2013]
300			_a401 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 373-392) and index.
505	0		_aAcknowledgments -- 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.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aPublic welfare _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial policy.
650		7	_aPublic welfare. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01083250
650		7	_aSocial policy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01122738
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650		7	_aSozialpolitik _2gnd
650		7	_aSozialausgaben _2gnd
650		7	_aWirkungsanalyse _2gnd
651		7	_aUSA _2gnd
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