Systematic thinking for social action / Alice M. Rivlin ; foreword by Donna Shalala.

Author/Creator:

Rivlin, Alice M. author.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015]

Series:

Brookings classics
H. Rowan Gaither lectures in systems science

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (xviii, 142 pages.)

Subjects:

Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States.
Program budgeting -- United States.
Experimental design.
Social problems -- Research -- United States.

Contents:

Preface to the new edition
Introduction
Who wins and who loses
What does the most good
Producing effective services : what do we know? Why do we care
Can we find out what works?
Accountability : what does it mean?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.
"A Brookings classic."
With a new preface by the author.
"First Brookings edition published 1971"--Title page verso.
"Originally delivered in January 1970 as the third H. Rowan Gaither Lecture, at the University of California, Berkeley"--Title page verso.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Shalala, Donna E., writer of foreword.
ProQuest ebook central

ISBN:

9780815726456 (electronic bk.)
0815726457 (electronic bk.)
0815726449
9780815726449

Publisher Number:

99984026760

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2517203

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