Caputo, Richard K. creator author. text bibliography cau 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations A step by step guide for social work students, Policy Analysis for Social Workers, is a comprehensive guide to help students understand the process of policy development and analysis so they can become effective advocates. This book begins by laying the foundation of the purpose of policy and how it it relates to social work values. It also discusses the field of policy studies and helps students understand the various kinds of analysis. The next section highlights criteria on evaluating public policy by helping students understand how to define policy limits and uses and how they will most likely be used. It clearly lays out various criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, equity, political feasibility, social acceptability, administrative and technical feasibility) to help students evaluate policy. In addition, ... Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- The world of policy analysis -- Science, values, and policy analysis -- The purpose of policy analysis -- Approaches to policy analysis -- Policy as product -- Evaluating policy proposals -- Matching policy proposals to problems -- Costs, benefits, and risks -- Applying cost-benefit analysis -- Policy as process -- Making policy -- Implementing policy -- Policy as performance -- Approaches to evaluation -- Evaluation, values, and theory -- Epilogue: a holistic framework for policy analysis -- Appendix A: CSWE core competencies -- Appendix B: Historical overview of policy analysis and policy studies -- Web sites -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the author. specialized Richard K. Caputo, Yeshiva University. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-293) and index. Social workers Social work administration HV40.35 .C36 2014 9781544303550 (ebook) : 2013015905 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/policy-analysis-for-social-workers https://sk.sagepub.com/books/policy-analysis-for-social-workers CaToSAGE 180104 20251029145111.0 SAGE000003021 eng