Social science and policy-making : a search for relevance in the twentieth century / edited by David L. Featherman and Maris A. Vinovskis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Featherman, David L.

Vinovskis, Maris A., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the social sciences in America were developed as a means of social reform.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-44511-1

9786612445118

0-472-02331-4