essays. term papers, thesis

The implementation of English social policy.

Title: The implementation of English social policy.
Category: /Social Sciences
Details: Words: 3324 | Pages: 12 (approximately 235 words/page)
The implementation of English social policy.
The evaluation of social policy began in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s, and reached the UK by the early 1970s (Everitt and Hardiker 1996:42-43) by which time British social policy was focused on Beveridge's 'Welfare State' (Jones 1991:134). The term 'evaluation' has many definitions (Alkin 1990:81-3), but for the purposes of this essay, I will use Patton's broad definition of evaluation as 'any effort to increase human effectiveness through systematic data-based inquiry' (1990:11). Evaluation research …showed first 75 words of 3324 total…
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
…showed last 75 words of 3324 total…Theory and Practice in Human Services. Buckingham: Open University Press. Tilley N (1999) Project Evaluation: Problems and Pitfalls. In Marlow A and Pearson G (eds) Young People, Drugs and Community Safety, pp 90-98. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing Ltd. Town SW (1973) Action Research and Social Policy: some Recent British Experience. In Bulmer M (ed) Social Policy Research (1978), pp 160-185. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. Whyte WF (1984) Learning From The Field. Newbury Park, California: Sage.

Need a custom written paper?