Policy Analysis for Social Workers

Richard K. Caputo is professor of social policy and research at Yeshiva University′s Wurzweiler School of Social Work in New York City. He has authored five books, including most recently U.S. Social Welfare Reform: Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present (Springer, 2011), and has edited two books, including most recently Basic Income Guarantee and Politics: International Experiences and Perspectives on the Viability of Income Guarantee (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He also serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues and is on the editorial board of Families in Society, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, Marriage & Family Review, Journal of Poverty, and Race, Gender & Class. He has many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including Chapter 6 "Policy Analysis" in Social Policy & Social Justice (Sage, 2014). Between June of 2005 and May of 2013 he served as the director of the PhD program in Social Welfare at Yeshiva University′s Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

• IntroductionSection I. The World of Policy AnalysisChapter 1: Science, Values, and Policy AnalysisChapter 2: The Purpose of Policy AnalysisChapter 3: Approaches to Policy AnalysisSection II. Policy as ProductChapter 4: Evaluating Policy ProposalsChapter 5: Matching Policy Proposals to ProblemsChapter 6: Costs, Benefits, and RisksChapter 7: Applying Cost-Benefit AnalysisSection III. Policy as ProcessChapter 8: Making PolicyChapter 9: Implementing PolicySection IV. Policy as PerformanceChapter 10: Approaches to EvaluationChapter 11: Evaluation, Values, and TheoryEpilogue: A Holistic Framework for Policy AnalysisAppendix A: CSWE Core CompetenciesAppendix B: Historical Overview of Policy Analysis and Policy StudiesWeb Sites & GlossaryReferencesIndex