Controversies and Decisions: The Social Sciences and Public Policy

by Russell Sage Foundation and Charles Frankel

Explores the various aspects of recent debates over the independence of the social sciences. The contributors are Kenneth E. Boulding, Harvey Brooks, Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole, Lee J. Cronbach, Paul Doty, Yaron Ezrahi, Charles Frankel, H. Field Haviland, Hugh Hawkins, Harry G. Johnson, Robert Nisbet, Nicholas Rescher, Edward Shils, and Adam Yarmolinksy. The essays deal with such topics as the relation of "values" to "facts" in social science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871542625
• ISBN13: 9780871542625
• Release Date: June 1976
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 309 Pages