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

• Autore: Featherman David Lee
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.25
• Soggetto topico: Electronic books. -- local; Policy sciences; United States -- Social policy; Social Sciences; Social Sciences - General
• Altri autori: VinovskisMaris Arvids
• 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, 1880â€?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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Social Science and Policymaking
• ISBN: 1-282-44511-1; 9786612445118; 0-472-02331-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780703603321
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