This collection of articles focuses on the controversial role of the social

This collection of articles focuses on the controversial role of the social sciences in social policymaking; the contributors analyze not only problems of methodology, measurement, implementation, and politics but also the uses of the social sciences in actual policymaking areas, partcularly those involving race, gender, and human development, including affirmative action, comparable worth, employment, compensatory education, school desegregation, day care, rape, and gun control; most of the contributors find the social sciences modestly useful and make specific recomendations for improvements (black cloth with gold lettering; dust jacket has slight edgewear, ink line on rear cover, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)