Book Announcement: A Guide to Implementation Research, by Alan Werner

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

The Urban Institute Press is pleased to announce publication of A Guide to
Implementation Research, by Alan Werner.

The 1990s' historic welfare reform legislation shifted U.S. social policy
institutions 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 to the heart of this more flexible
structure. A Guide to Implementation Research, by Alan Werner, is the first
volume to offer comprehensive, practical advice on conducting implementation
studies in the context of program evaluation.  The first chapter presents an
introduction to implementation research and an overview of how to organize
and conduct an implementation study. Chapter Two covers the variety of data
needs and data collection techniques encountered in Implementation Research.
Chapter Three describes how to organize the data to document program
implementation and results. Chapter Four covers approaches to assess and
explain program implementation. Each chapter contains multiple examples from
the research literature as well as the work of professional evaluators.  For
students and practitioners of evaluation research, this book is a complete,
concise, and essential guide. For more information visit
http://www.urban.org/pubs/implementationresearch/
"Conducting implementation research on complex public programs is a daunting
task. Researchers, especially those at an early stage of their career, often
hunger for a resource guide that helps them lay out a concrete plan for what
to do. Alan Werner's new book fills this important need well. My guess is
that there will soon be well-worn copies on many field researchers' desks."
-Fred Doolittle, Vice President and Director of Policy Research and
Evaluation, MDRC
A Guide to Implementation Research, by Alan Werner , is 6" x 9", 158 pages
with index--$26.50 paperback (ISBN 0-87766-724-1). Order online at
www.uipress.org or call toll-free 1-877-847-7377; fax (202) 467-5775.  

Review and examination copies are available to journalists, book reviewers,
and instructors who are considering this title for course use.  Contact
Glenn Popson at gpopson@ui.urban.org; telephone (202) 261-5744.

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