This book examines the role of the social sciences in shaping and evaluating social policy. It considers the past, present and potential role of the social sciences in policy creation, implementation, and evaluation processes. The authors present a considerable range of opinions about the ability of the social sciences to provide useful information is presented. The common view is that the social sciences can contribute to policy-making processes to a modest extent.
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This book examines the role of the social sciences in shaping and evaluating social policy. It considers the past, present and potential role of the social sciences in policy creation, implementation, and evaluation processes. The authors present a considerable range of opinions about the ability of the social sciences to provide useful information is presented. The common view is that the social sciences can contribute to policy-making processes to a modest extent.
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As New in Very Good jacket. This collection of articles focuses on the controversial role of the social sciences in social policymaking; the contributors analyze not only problems of methodology, measurement, implementation, and politics but also the uses of the social sciences in actual policymaking areas, partcularly those involving race, gender, and human development, including affirmative action, comparable worth, employment, compensatory education, school desegregation, day care, rape, and gun control; most of the contributors find the social sciences modestly useful and make specific recomendations for improvements (black cloth with gold lettering; dust jacket has slight edgewear, ink line on rear cover, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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Good. 0803921608 Almost very good. Dust jacket has stains. Small stain on page edge. Minor edge wear. Previous owner's name on first page. First printing.