Evaluating Public Programs: The Impact of General Revenue Sharing on Municipal Government

by Patrick D Larkey

Book Overview

For effective program evaluation, it is necessary to specify a counterfactual state, i.e., what would have happened without the program. Conventional approaches to program evaluation, preoccupied with technical and value issues, fail to address directly the need for counterfactual arguments. They also fail to recognize the indispensable role of positive theories of technical and behavioral processes in making these arguments. In order to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691628025
• ISBN13: 9780691628028
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"