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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456352403321

Autore

Featherman David Lee

Titolo

Social Science and Policymaking [[electronic resource] ] : A Search for Relevance in the Twentieth Century

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-44511-1

9786612445118

0-472-02331-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VinovskisMaris Arvids

Disciplina

361.25

Soggetti

Electronic books. -- local

Policy sciences

United States -- Social policy

Social Sciences

Social Sciences - General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""1. In Search of Relevance to Social Reform and Policy-Making / David L. Featherman and Maris A. Vinovskis""; ""2. Knowledge for the Public Good: The Emergence of Social Sciences and Social Reform in Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century America, 1880�1940 / Martin Bulmer""; ""3. Growth and Use of Social and Behavioral Science in the Federal Government since World War II / David L. Featherman and Maris A. Vinovskis""; ""4. Designing Head Start: Roles Played by Developmental Psychologists / Sheldon H. White and Deborah A. Phillips""

""5. Policy, Aging, and the Graying of Society / W. Andrew Achenbaum""""6. Welfare Reform Policy from Nixon to Clinton: What Role for Social Science? / Sheldon Danziger""; ""7. Welfare Reform at the State Level: The Role of Social Experiments and Demonstrations / Judith M. Gueron""; ""8. The Making and Analysis of Public Policy: A Perspective on the Role of Social Science / Laurence E. Lynn Jr.""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""