Policy Science: The Successful Application of Social Science to Public Policy?.

Nicholson, Linda J.

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Publication Date: 1979

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Policy Science: The Successful Application of Social Science to Public Policy?.

Nicholson, Linda J.

CEDR Quarterly, v12 n1 p10-13 Spr 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, Opinions, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Research Problems, Social Science Research, Social Values

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