Research Catalog

Title

Sociology and public policy : the case of Presidential commissions / edited by Mirra Komarovsky.

Publication

New York : Elsevier, [1975]

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Details

Additional Authors

Komarovsky, Mirra, 1905-1999.

Description

vii, 183 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• University of South Alabama
• Social sciences and state > United States
• Executive advisory bodies > United States > Case studies
• Social sciences and state
• Executive advisory bodies
• Social sciences and state
• Sozialpolitik
• Soziologie
• Vollziehende Gewalt
• Staat (politicologie)
• Adviescommissies
• Sociale wetenschappen
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / Mirra Komarovsky -- Part one: The case histories -- The Commission on Obscenity and Pornography : form, function, failure / Otto N. Larsen -- The Commission on Popular Growth and the American Future : origins, operations, and aftermath / Charles F. Westoff -- The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence : the contributions of sociology and sociologists / James F. Short, Jr. -- The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice / Loyd E. Ohlin -- Part two: Discussion -- The uses of sociology by Presidential commissions / Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Martin Jaeckel -- Four for the seesaw : reflections on the reports of four colleagues concerning their experiences as Presidential commissioners / Raymond W. Mack -- Social knowledge and public policy : sociological perspectives on four Presidential commissions / Robert K. Merton.

ISBN

• 0444990151
• 9780444990150

LCCN

75008321

OCLC

• ocm01529213
• 1529213
• SCSB-8969373

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library