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Apply knowledge from the latest research to urgent social problems and programsCuttingEdge Social Policy Research is a careful selection of the finest papers from the 2004 Social Policy Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina. These presentations from respected experts spotlight the latest and best research on a wide variety of crucial social policy issues. Explanations are provided on how to use qualitative and quantitative methods to research social policy questions, with a clear view on how to apply research results to todays social problems and programs.CuttingEdge Social Policy Research discusses various social policy topics, approaches, and the latest highquality research and findings. Students learn how others have researched the topics using different approaches, while practitioners gain important new information relevant to their jobs and practice areas. Chapters explore vital perspectives, such as how to link program evaluation to policy practice, how clients in their own voices views bring more convincing rationale to policymakers, and how the trauma perspective can spotlight the true effects of poverty, inequality, and oppression in our society. The text includes extensive uptodate bibliographies and literature reviews.Topics in CuttingEdge Social Policy Research include: measuring program implementationto differentiate between theories that dont work and programs that arent effectiveinclusion of qualitative methods into research in social policythe latest qualityoflife research for the elderly in nursing homeseffective intervention practices for deaf and hard of hearing children susceptible to abuseindepth analysis of the eight variables of the Section 8 Housing Program policy processtrauma theory and its application to poverty policythe impact of work incentive policiesexamination of state and local governments granting large tax breaks to corporationsand the implications for social welfare practitionersCuttingEdge Social Policy Research is stimulating, insightful reading for practitioners, educators, and students in social policy, social work, sociology, and political science.
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