This collection of essays examines how the social sciences in America were developed as a means of social reform and later, especially after World War II, as a tool in federal policymaking and policy analysis. It also uses arenas of policymaking, such as early childhood education and welfare and its reform, as case studies in which social research was used, in policy decisions or in setting and evaluating policy goals. The book is written to aid students of public policy to appreciate the complex relationship of information--principally, of social science research--to policymaking at the...

The American Civil War has been the subject of thousands of books and articles, but only a small fraction of this literature examines the impact of the war on society and on the lives of the participants. This volume of essays, which focuses on the North, is intended as an initial reconnaissance by social historians into the study of the Civil War. The first essay, 'Have Social Historians Lost the Civil War?' places the war in the broader context of other American wars by comparing casualty rates. The essay also examines rates of enlistment for the North and the South, and the significance of...

How real is the collaboration between developing countries? Focusing on educational reform, this book turns the cutting-edge topic of South-South cooperation inside out with a set of challenging and diverse studies that explore what this concept means in practice.

Distinguished historian and policy analyst Maris Vinovskis examines federal K-12 education policies, beginning with the publication of 'A Nation at Risk' and focusing on the 'National Education Goals', 'America 2000', 'Goals 2000', and 'No Child Left Behind'.