| Contents |
In search of relevance to social reform and policy-making / David L. Featherman, Maris A. Vinovskis -- 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 -- Growth and use of social and behavioral science in the federal government since World War II / David L. Featherman, Maris A. Vinovskis -- Designing head start: roles played by developmental psychologists / Sheldon H. White, Deborah A. Phillips -- Policy, aging, and the graying of society / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- Welfare reform policy from Nixon to Clinton: what role for social science? / Sheldon Danziger -- Welfare reform at the state level: the role of social experiments and demonstrations / Judith M. Gueron -- The making and analysis of public policy: a perspective on the role of social science / Laurence E. Lynn Jr. |
