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Peer reviewedBooth, Tim – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
Presents an account of the Mondale Initiative, i.e., an attempt during the period from 1967-73 to develop a national system of social indicators to improve social policy. The role of social scientists in national decision making and policy formation is examined, and a legislative history of the Mondale Initiative is appended. (51 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Federal Legislation, Policy Formation, Research Utilization
