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Public Interest | 7 |
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Armor, David J. | 1 |
Downs, Anthony | 1 |
Lampman, Robert J. | 1 |
McAdams, John D. | 1 |
Pettigrew, Thomas F. | 1 |
Phelps, Edmund S. | 1 |
Wilson, James Q. | 1 |
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Wilson, James Q.; And Others – Public Interest, 1972
Argues that most of the underlying assumptions of presently recommended solutions to the problem of heroin addiction are unreasonable, unwarranted, or at least open to more than one interpretation. (DM)
Descriptors: Crime, Drug Addiction, Drug Legislation, Drug Therapy

Phelps, Edmund S. – Public Interest, 1974
Evaluates two programs in the Johnsonian "war against poverty": one "macroeconomic," attempting to create an environment of greater job opportunities and higher employment; the other "microeconomic," investing in low-income workers to raise their relative earning power. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Economics, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs

Lampman, Robert J. – Public Interest, 1974
Examines two goals of anti-poverty programs beyond reducing the number of people in income poverty and increasing public expenditures disproportionately benefiting the poor: that inequality of income should be substantially narrowed, and that benefits for the poor must meet their needs. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Economics, Federal Programs

Downs, Anthony – Public Interest, 1974
Assesses the effectiveness of federal housing-related policies in the 1960's and early 1970's, discussing in detail the "trickle-down" process that dominates American urban development and the periods in which housing had first a low priority, and then a high priority. (JM)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Policy, Government Role, Housing

McAdams, John D. – Public Interest, 1974
Argues that the data show that black parents will opt for integration if given the chance, and white parents can be drawn to integrated schools with attractive curricula: Open Enrollment can reasonably be expected to produce significant integration without the political and moral costs of coercion. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Desegregation Methods, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Open Enrollment
Pettigrew, Thomas F.; And Others – Public Interest, 1973
David Armor's "The Evidence on Busing" presented a distorted and incomplete review of this politically charged topic. We respect Armor's right to publish his views against "mandatory busing." But we challenge his claim that these views are supported by scientific evidence. A full discussion of our reading of the relevant…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Armor, David J. – Public Interest, 1973
Thomas Pettigrew and his associates have missed the essential point of my study. The essential requirement for sound reasoning on this matter is observance of the distinction among the findings of science, the results of policy, and the dictates of law or morality. I studied the results of existing policies of induced school integration (all of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects