Pursuing truth, exercising power : social science and public policy in the twenty-first century /

Anderson, Lisa, 1950-

Pursuing truth, exercising power : social science and public policy in the twenty-first century / Lisa Anderson. - xi, 158 pages ; 22 cm. - Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures . - University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Understanding, Intervention and the Common Good -- A Science of Politics: The American History of Scientific Policy and Policymaking -- A Marketplace of Ideas: Social Science and Public Policy Beyond Government -- Wars and Webs: Global Public Policy and International Social Science -- Concluding Thoughts: Social Science, Policymaking, and the Common Good in the Twenty-first Century -- Introduction : understanding, intervention and the common good -- A science of politics : the American history of scientific policy and policymaking -- A marketplace of ideas : social science and public policy beyond government -- Wars and webs : global public policy and international social science -- Concluding thoughts : social science, policymaking, and the common good in the twenty-first century. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Policy sciences
Social sciences.
Social sciences--History--United States
Privatization.
Common good

H97 / .A53 2003

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