Book Announcement -- Social Experimentation and Public Policy Making, by David Greenberg, Donna Linksz, and Marvin Mandell

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

The Urban Institute Press is pleased to announce the release of Social
Experimentation and Public Policymaking, by David Greenberg, Donna Linksz,
and Marvin Mandell.

Social experiments use random assignment to measure the market or fiscal
outcomes of policy interventions.  Since the 1960s, they have become the
major method for evaluating proposed changes in social programs.  To judge
the social gains of these experiments, policymakers, funders of experiments,
the public, and those who conduct social experiments need realistic
standards and expectations for judging.  Social Experimentation and Public
Policymaking advances that effort with a history of social experimentation
and a theoretical framework for study of its techniques.  The authors
analyze five of the most prominent social experiments ever conducted, to
explore their origins, the use of the resulting findings, and factors that
influenced the use of the findings.  The result is a comprehensive
examination of the effectiveness of social experimentation and important
insights into how this powerful tool can be used to improve public policy.

Social Experimentation and Public Policymaking, by David Greenberg, Donna
Linksz, and Marvin Mandell, is 6" x 9", 348 pages with index--$29.50
paperback, (ISBN 0-87766-711-X). 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:
http://www.urban.org/pubs/socialexp/index.html

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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