Social Science Research and Government: Comparative Essays on Britain and the United States.

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Preface Contributors 1. Governments and social science: patterns of mutual influence Martin Bulmer Part I. Research in the Context of Policy-Making: 2. The governmental context: interaction between structure and influence Martin Bulmer 3. Governmental structures, social science and the development of economic social policies Theda Skocpol 4. The use of social research: myths and models Patricia Thomas 5. Networks of influence: the social sciences in Britain since the war Cyril S. Smith 6. Social science in Whitehall: two analytic perspectives Stuart S. Blume 7. Congressional committee staffs (do, do not) use analysis Carol H. Weiss 8. Social science training as related to the policy roles of US career officials and appointees: the decline of analysis Colin Campbell and Donald Naulls 9. Perhaps Minister: the messy world of 'in house' government social research Robert Walker 10. Social science in government: the case of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke 11. The work of the Commission for Economic and Social Change in Germany Lisl Klein Part II. Methodologies for Policy Research: 12. Varieties of methodology: strengthening the contribution of social science Martin Bulmer 13. The links between policy, survey research and academic social science: America and Britain compared Aubrey McKennell, John Bynner and Martin Bulmer 14. Survey research for government Barry Hedges 15. The Federal effort in developing social indicators and social reporting in the United States during the 1970s Denis F. Johnston 16. Social science analysis and congressional uses: the case of the United States General Accounting Office Ray C. Cist 17. Comparative aspects of randomised experiments for planning and evaluation Robert F. Boruch Part III. The Political Context: 18. The social sciences in an age of uncertainty Martin Bulmer 19. 'Pulling through': conspiracies, counterplots and how the SSRC escaped the axe in 1982 Paul Flather 20. Social science under siege: the political response 1981-1984 Roberta Balstad Miller Index.