Thomas M. Meenaghan, Keith M. Kilty, Dennis D. Long and John G. McNutt
Preface
Introduction
Part 1 The Helping Professions
1. The Helping Professions and the Convergence of Politics and Science
2. Science, Knowledge, and Inquiry
3. Applying Scientific Inquiry in the Social and Political World
4. Policy, Politics, Reason, Values, and
Inquiry
5. Operationalizing Policy: Organizational Forces and Analysis
Part 2 Need, Risk, and Social Groups
6. Crucial Concepts of Human Needs
7. Understanding Populations at Risk
Part 3 Pursuing Policy Analysis: Selected Methods, Decision Making, and Human Services
8.
Needs Assessment Methods
9. Crucial Issues in Needs Assessment
10. Program Evaluation Methods
11. Crucial Issues in Program Evaluation
12. Context and Choices
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THOMAS M. MEENAGHAN (PhD; MSW, Fordham University) is professor
emeritus in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University. He has practiced in the Institute of Urban Research, was chair of graduate studies at Ohio State University, School of Social Work, was professor and dean
at Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work, and has been a member of the Commission on Accreditation of Social Work.
KEITH M. KILTY (PhD; MS, SUNY, Binghamton) is professor emeritus of social work at Ohio State University. For more than thirty years, he has been an active member
of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, where he served as vice president and chaired the Poverty, Class, and Inequality Division. He made a documentary about poverty in America, titled Ain't I a Person. The intent was to put a human face back on poverty after thirty years of conservative
efforts to demonize the poor in America, as well as to dispel some of the myths that are now rampant about poverty. Visit www.aintiaperson.com http://www.aintiaperson.com/ for more information.
DENNIS D. LONG (PhD, University of Cincinnati; MSW, Ohio State University) is associate dean of
the College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education and professor of social work at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author of numerous articles and books, his scholarship and teaching focus on the importance of larger social systems and macro-level social work practice.
JOHN
G. MCNUTT (PhD, University of Tennessee; MSW, University of
Alabama)is professor of public policy and administration at the University of Delaware. His many published works include four coauthored or coedited books and articles, book chapters, book reviews and other published materials on
advocacy, nonprofits, volunteerism, community development technology and nonprofit organizations, and technology and public participation.
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