Book Announcement - Policy into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform, edited by Mary Clare Lennon and Thomas Corbett

["Popson, Glenn" <GPopson@ui.urban.org>]

The Urban Institute Press is pleased to announce the release of Policy into
Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform, edited by Mary Clare
Lennon and Thomas Corbett

The sweeping changes of 1996's welfare reform legislation are more than just
new policies.  They represent a profound transformation of the character and
structure of social policy institutions in the United States, a shift from a
bureaucratic, centralized mode for income transfer, to a "professional" mode
aimed at complex behavioral change.  The evaluation community has responded
with a shift from traditional impact analyses to implementation studies that
get inside the skin of this new, more flexible structure.  Implementation
research explores the translation of concepts into working policies and
programs, and evaluates how well the administrative and management
dimensions of these policies work, and how the programs are experienced by
all involved.  Policy into Action offers state-of-the-art thinking on
implementation research from leading policy researchers and evaluation
practitioners.  It is a valuable collection for anyone involved in policy
research or evaluation in the new environment.

Policy into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform, edited by
Mary Clare Lennon and Thomas Corbett, is 6" x 9", 320 pages with
index--$29.50 paperback, (ISBN 0-87766-714-4, $29.50). To order call
toll-free 1-877-847-7377; fax (202) 467-5775; e-mail pubs@ui.urban.org.  To
order online, or for more information, visit the Urban Institute Press's web
site: 

Review and examination copies are available (to journalists, book reviewers,
and college instructors):  contact Glenn Popson at (202) 261-5744, e-mail
gpopson@ui.urban.org.

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