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From data to public policy : affirmative action, sexual harrassment, domestic violence, and social welfare / edited by Rita J. Simon.

Title
From data to public policy : affirmative action, sexual harrassment, domestic violence, and social welfare / edited by Rita J. Simon.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Women's Freedom Network : University Press of America, c1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Simon, Rita James.
  • Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931-2013
  • Women's Freedom Network. National Conference (2nd : 1995)
Description
xi, 185 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Second volume based on papers presented at the 1995 Women's Freedom Network National Conference"--Introd.
Subject
  • Policy sciences
  • Social policy
  • Affirmative action programs
  • Sexual harassment
  • Family violence
  • Sex role
  • Public Policy
Genre/Form
  • proceedings.
  • rapport de réunion.
  • informe de reunión.
Note
  • "Second volume based on papers presented at the 1995 Women's Freedom Network National Conference"--Introd.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Rita J. Simon -- Ch. 1. Creating a Crisis in a Free Society / Sally Pipes -- Ch. 2. Affirmative Action: An Economic Analysis / Deborah Walker -- Ch. 3. A View From the Barricade / Tama Starr -- Ch. 4. Sexual Harassment: Is There a Better Way? / Cathy Young -- Ch. 5. The Dangerous Drift of "Harassment" / Eugene Volokh -- Ch. 6. Domestic Violence as a Professional Commitment / David Gremillion -- Ch. 7. Controversy Within Family Violence Research / Reena Sommer -- Ch. 8. Family Violence: The Role of Abusive Mothers / Anne Cools -- Ch. 9. Welfare Reform: How Do Children Fare? / Carol Statuto Bevan -- Ch. 10. Separate is Not Equal: Challenging State Sponsored Barriers to Interracial Adoptions / Donna Matias -- Ch. 11. The Need for Reform in Federal Welfare Programs: A New Proposal / Ronald Henry -- Ch. 12. Sexual Equality in Custody and Child Support: Now Mothers Can Be Deadbeats Too / Anne P. Mitchell -- Ch. 13. Social Science and Public Policy / Rita J. Simon -- Ch. 14. Understanding Differences in the Estimates of Rape from Self Report Surveys / James P. Lynch -- Ch. 15. The Surprising Ease of Changing the Belief That Schools Short-Change Girls / Judith Kleinfeld -- Ch. 16. Heterophobia: Women's Revenge / Daphne Patai -- Ch. 17. Jungle Red: Clare Boothe Luce and the Spirit of the Women's Freedom Network, A Round-Up / Laurie Morrow.
ISBN
  • 0761805249 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0761805257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^96041460^
OCLC
  • 35280837
  • SCSB-10373479
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library