Title Systematic thinking for social action / Alice M. Rivlin ; foreword by Donna Shalala.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 142 pages)
Series	H. Rowan Gaither lectures in systems science.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.
Note	"A Brookings classic."
	With a new preface by the author.
	First Brookings edition published 1971 - title page verso.
	"Originally delivered in January 1970 as the third H. Rowan Gaither Lecture, at the University of California, Berkeley"--Title page verso.
Contents	Preface to the new edition -- Introduction -- Who wins and who loses -- What does the most good -- Producing effective services : what do we know? Why do we care -- Can we find out what works? -- Accountability : what does it mean.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States.
	Program budgeting -- United States.
	Experimental design.
	Social problems -- Research -- United States.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
	Evaluation research (Social action programs) (OCoLC)fst00916979
	Experimental design. (OCoLC)fst00918404
	Program budgeting. (OCoLC)fst01078657
	Social problems -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01122794
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Shalala, Donna E., writer of foreword.
	Brookings Institution.
Other Form:	Print version: Rivlin, Alice M. Systematic thinking for social action 0815726449 (OCoLC)884299429
ISBN	9780815726456 (electronic bk.)
	0815726457 (electronic bk.)

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