Honest Numbers and Democracy: Social Policy Analysis in the White House, Congress, and the Federal Agencies

by Walter Williams and Walter Williams

Book Overview

In Honest Numbers and Democracy, Walter Williams offers a revealing history of policy analysis in the federal government and a scorching critique of what's wrong with social policy analysis today. Williams, a policy insider who witnessed the birth of domestic policy analysis during the Johnson administration, contends that the increasingly partisan U.S. political environment is vitiating both "honest numbers" - the data used to direct public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878406840
• ISBN13: 9780878406845
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher