Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

• Contents:Foreword1. Introduction: Evaluation as an instrument in social policyBent GrevePART I WHAT IS EVALUATION – AND EXAMPLES OF METHODS2. Randomized Controlled TrialsRobert Boruch, Rui Yang, Jordan M. Hyatt and Herbert Turner III3. Quasi-Experimental Comparison Group Designs for Social Policy EvaluationChristoph E. Mueller and Hansjoerg Gaus4. Social Return on Investment (SROI), Including Elements on Cost–Benefit AnalysisMassimo Costa5. There are many (well, more than one) paths to Nirvana: The economic evaluation of social policiesAnthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining6. Systematic reviews in Social Policy EvaluationTrude Sundberg7. Participatory evaluationLiz RichardsonPART II EVALUATION AND POLICY8. Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM)Kat Smith and Tina Haux9. Use and misuse of evaluation in social policyChristopher Deeming10. Challenges for Policy Makers: Accountability and Cost-effectivenessKellie Liket11. Policy, practice and difference within welfare regimes: Evidence from the UK Jon Warren and Jonathan Wistow12. Performance Management and EvaluationMorten Balle Hansen13. Critical Perspectives on using evidence in social policyPeter Dahler-Larsen14. Social Impact Bonds – Evidence-based policy or ideology?Michael J. Roy, Neil McHugh and Stephen SinclairPART III EVALUATION OF CONCRETE SOCIAL POLICY AREAS15. Heath Care – Evaluating the Overall SystemSara Evans-Lacko and Martin Knapp16. The Evaluation of New MedicinesMichael Calnan and Tom Douglass17. Evaluating long-term care policies: challenges and advancementsRicardo Rodrigues18. Labour MarketWerner Eichhorst and Regina Konle-Seidl19. Ideology or evidence base? The role of work capability assessments for people with disabilities in UK welfare to work programmesDavid Etherington20. IntegrationAnniken Hagelund and Hanne Cecilie Kavli21. Evaluating interventions for children, young people, and families: Theory, evidence, policy, and lessons learntJulian Edbrooke-Childs, Dawid Gondek, Isabelle Whelan, Jenna Jacob, Matt Barnard, Helen Gleeson, Makeda Gerressu, Monica Lakhanpaul, Caroletha Irish, Emma Cassells, Khyati Bakhai and Miranda Wolpert22. The Matthew Effect Redux. Going beyond the mean in evaluating family policiesWim Van Lancker23. Eight attention points when evaluating large-scale public sector reformsMorten Balle Hansen, Karen Nielsen Breidahl, Jan-Eric Furubo , Anne Halvorsen24. Poverty interventionsM. Azhar Hussain25. How understanding research as consumer object can shed new light on evidence informed policy and practice in educationChris Brown26. ConclusionBent GreveIndex

‘This is an interesting “how to” guide to social policy evaluation, presenting a range of discussions of methodologies, applications to social policy and detailed case studies.’

Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

• Contents:Foreword1. Introduction: Evaluation as an instrument in social policyBent GrevePART I WHAT IS EVALUATION – AND EXAMPLES OF METHODS2. Randomized Controlled TrialsRobert Boruch, Rui Yang, Jordan M. Hyatt and Herbert Turner III3. Quasi-Experimental Comparison Group Designs for Social Policy EvaluationChristoph E. Mueller and Hansjoerg Gaus4. Social Return on Investment (SROI), Including Elements on Cost–Benefit AnalysisMassimo Costa5. There are many (well, more than one) paths to Nirvana: The economic evaluation of social policiesAnthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining6. Systematic reviews in Social Policy EvaluationTrude Sundberg7. Participatory evaluationLiz RichardsonPART II EVALUATION AND POLICY8. Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM)Kat Smith and Tina Haux9. Use and misuse of evaluation in social policyChristopher Deeming10. Challenges for Policy Makers: Accountability and Cost-effectivenessKellie Liket11. Policy, practice and difference within welfare regimes: Evidence from the UK Jon Warren and Jonathan Wistow12. Performance Management and EvaluationMorten Balle Hansen13. Critical Perspectives on using evidence in social policyPeter Dahler-Larsen14. Social Impact Bonds – Evidence-based policy or ideology?Michael J. Roy, Neil McHugh and Stephen SinclairPART III EVALUATION OF CONCRETE SOCIAL POLICY AREAS15. Heath Care – Evaluating the Overall SystemSara Evans-Lacko and Martin Knapp16. The Evaluation of New MedicinesMichael Calnan and Tom Douglass17. Evaluating long-term care policies: challenges and advancementsRicardo Rodrigues18. Labour MarketWerner Eichhorst and Regina Konle-Seidl19. Ideology or evidence base? The role of work capability assessments for people with disabilities in UK welfare to work programmesDavid Etherington20. IntegrationAnniken Hagelund and Hanne Cecilie Kavli21. Evaluating interventions for children, young people, and families: Theory, evidence, policy, and lessons learntJulian Edbrooke-Childs, Dawid Gondek, Isabelle Whelan, Jenna Jacob, Matt Barnard, Helen Gleeson, Makeda Gerressu, Monica Lakhanpaul, Caroletha Irish, Emma Cassells, Khyati Bakhai and Miranda Wolpert22. The Matthew Effect Redux. Going beyond the mean in evaluating family policiesWim Van Lancker23. Eight attention points when evaluating large-scale public sector reformsMorten Balle Hansen, Karen Nielsen Breidahl, Jan-Eric Furubo , Anne Halvorsen24. Poverty interventionsM. Azhar Hussain25. How understanding research as consumer object can shed new light on evidence informed policy and practice in educationChris Brown26. ConclusionBent GreveIndex

‘This is an interesting “how to” guide to social policy evaluation, presenting a range of discussions of methodologies, applications to social policy and detailed case studies.’

Edited by Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark

• Contents:Foreword1. Introduction: Evaluation as an instrument in social policyBent GrevePART I WHAT IS EVALUATION – AND EXAMPLES OF METHODS2. Randomized Controlled TrialsRobert Boruch, Rui Yang, Jordan M. Hyatt and Herbert Turner III3. Quasi-Experimental Comparison Group Designs for Social Policy EvaluationChristoph E. Mueller and Hansjoerg Gaus4. Social Return on Investment (SROI), Including Elements on Cost–Benefit AnalysisMassimo Costa5. There are many (well, more than one) paths to Nirvana: The economic evaluation of social policiesAnthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining6. Systematic reviews in Social Policy EvaluationTrude Sundberg7. Participatory evaluationLiz RichardsonPART II EVALUATION AND POLICY8. Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM)Kat Smith and Tina Haux9. Use and misuse of evaluation in social policyChristopher Deeming10. Challenges for Policy Makers: Accountability and Cost-effectivenessKellie Liket11. Policy, practice and difference within welfare regimes: Evidence from the UK Jon Warren and Jonathan Wistow12. Performance Management and EvaluationMorten Balle Hansen13. Critical Perspectives on using evidence in social policyPeter Dahler-Larsen14. Social Impact Bonds – Evidence-based policy or ideology?Michael J. Roy, Neil McHugh and Stephen SinclairPART III EVALUATION OF CONCRETE SOCIAL POLICY AREAS15. Heath Care – Evaluating the Overall SystemSara Evans-Lacko and Martin Knapp16. The Evaluation of New MedicinesMichael Calnan and Tom Douglass17. Evaluating long-term care policies: challenges and advancementsRicardo Rodrigues18. Labour MarketWerner Eichhorst and Regina Konle-Seidl19. Ideology or evidence base? The role of work capability assessments for people with disabilities in UK welfare to work programmesDavid Etherington20. IntegrationAnniken Hagelund and Hanne Cecilie Kavli21. Evaluating interventions for children, young people, and families: Theory, evidence, policy, and lessons learntJulian Edbrooke-Childs, Dawid Gondek, Isabelle Whelan, Jenna Jacob, Matt Barnard, Helen Gleeson, Makeda Gerressu, Monica Lakhanpaul, Caroletha Irish, Emma Cassells, Khyati Bakhai and Miranda Wolpert22. The Matthew Effect Redux. Going beyond the mean in evaluating family policiesWim Van Lancker23. Eight attention points when evaluating large-scale public sector reformsMorten Balle Hansen, Karen Nielsen Breidahl, Jan-Eric Furubo , Anne Halvorsen24. Poverty interventionsM. Azhar Hussain25. How understanding research as consumer object can shed new light on evidence informed policy and practice in educationChris Brown26. ConclusionBent GreveIndex

‘This is an interesting “how to” guide to social policy evaluation, presenting a range of discussions of methodologies, applications to social policy and detailed case studies.’