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Premfors, Rune I. T. – 1979
Reasons for underutilization of social research in public policy-making and the complexity of the concept of utilization are discussed. Among the factors affecting underutilization are the limitations of the social sciences and shortcomings of specific policy research. A common explanation of underutilization is the allegedly long-established…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Public Policy, Research Problems, Research Utilization

Everhart, Robert B. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1984
Provides a critical overview of articles in this issue on field work in administration and policy. Focuses on three recurrent themes: field worker role; reciprocity (the repayment a fieldworker makes to his or her informants); and ethics. (KH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Ethics, Field Studies, Participant Observation
McMahon, Agnes – New Universities Quarterly, 1981
Problems with funding, politics, and policy formation for research in the social sciences raise the question of what results are expected from such research. Action based on research results usually does not follow closely the completion of research projects, and policy is often out of step with research. (MSE)
Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Policy Formation, Political Influences

Nye, F. Ivan; McDonald, Gerald W. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1979
Surveys existing approaches to family policy research, such as family evaluation research and family impact analysis, and an additional model termed research for family policy. These models are compared and contrasted. Family policy advocacy is differentiated from family policy research. A list of generalizations is drawn from the discussion.…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Needs Assessment, Policy Formation
Baratz, Stephen S.; Marvin, Keith E. – Evaluation: A Forum for Human Service Decision-Makers, 1978
This article illustrates how social research has moved into the public policy process while retaining the essential characteristics of research. It also shows how concerns about participant confidentiality have interacted with attempts by the General Accounting Office to analyze data. Journal availability: see TM 503 798. (CP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Confidentiality, Federal Regulation, Policy Formation

Marshall, Catherine – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1984
Examines problems of field research conducted by female researchers in policy settings. Proposes ways to manage role, entree and access, data gathering, reciprocity, and reporting. Raises issue of male-female dynamics in field research, and suggests appropriate roles for female researchers in policy settings. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Data Collection, Females, Field Studies

Tangri, Sandra S.; Strasburg, Georgia L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1979
Examines ways in which researchers could enhance the policy relevance of their research on women and ways in which the psychology establishment could encourage the development of policy-relevant research. The history and dilemmas created by the "Brandeis brief" are presented. The last section presents some important policy issues affecting women.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Discriminatory Legislation, Females, Policy Formation

Freudenburg, William R.; Keating, Kenneth M. – Rural Sociology, 1985
Reviews legal requirements for use of social science expertise in environmental impact statements and reasons for the general failure to include such input. Explores possibilities for improving social science involvement including legal challenges, cooperation with environmental and public interest groups, objective research, and more adversarial…
Descriptors: Ethics, Policy Formation, Research Needs, Research Problems

Dumon, Wilfried; Aldous, Joan – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1979
Presents how and why programs embodying family policy in Western Europe and the United States differ. By indicating current changes in these programs and how political decisions affect them, fruitful areas for family policy research are suggested. Family policy meeting needs of pragmatically defined parent-child units will be most successful.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Policy Formation
Salisbury, Robert H. – International Journal of Political Education, 1979
Questions the extent to which citizen participation at the local level is purposive (as opposed to supportive). Participation in activities related to local schools is used as an example of a type of activity which is generally supportive. Relevant participation literature is reviewed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Literature Reviews, Policy Formation, Political Socialization
Weissberg, Robert – 1982
Because the attitude research approach to determining public opinion typically yields data irrelevant to public policy formation, researchers need to consider nontraditional approaches to public opinion measures. Attitude research assumes that people actually have readily measurable opinions and that each attitude can be measured singly.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Policy Formation, Political Attitudes, Public Opinion
Rossi, Peter H.; And Others – Evaluation Quarterly, 1978
Typically, applied social research is of much lower quality than one would like to see in light of its importance in social policy formation. It is conducted by social scientists who are not yet rewarded by high standing, and the end results are often irrelevant to the ongoing policy formation process. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Policy Formation, Political Influences, Public Policy
Nicholson, Linda J. – CEDR Quarterly, 1979
Policy science is a new intellectual discipline which attempts to rationalize social life or conditions. Policy science faces two major obstacles: (1) the lack of convergence of different research efforts and (2) the treatment of bias and normative values. (GDC)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Intellectual Disciplines, National Programs

Waller, Patricia F. – Evaluation Practice, 1992
Evaluation issues pertaining to the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System are discussed. Transportation is an area that clearly illustrates how technology is outrunning social science. Those responsible for the evaluation of programs and options must assume responsibility for spelling out the destructive consequences of focusing only on technology.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Motor Vehicles, Policy Formation
Hanneman, Gerhard J. – 1976
Social science researchers and policy makers are not oriented toward supporting one another or sharing information that might be useful in solving social problems. Only recently have public funding agencies supported social science communication research; previously such funding came through private agencies. It seems likely that funds will…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
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