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9 produkter
Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy
Av National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
351 kr
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Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why scientific evidence is important to policy making and argues that an extensive body of research on knowledge utilization has not …
Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy
Av Committee on the Use of Social Science Knowledge in Public Policy, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
511 kr
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Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why scientific evidence is important to policy making and argues that an extensive body of research on knowledge utilization has not …
Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion
Measuring Dimensions of Social Capital to Inform Policy
Av National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
826 kr
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People's bonds, associations and networks - as well as the civil, political, and institutional characteristics of the society in which they live - can be powerful drivers affecting the quality of life among a community's, a city's, or a nation's inhabitants and their ability to achieve both …
Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion
Measuring Dimensions of Social Capital to Inform Policy
Av Panel on Measuring Social and Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion in Surveys, Committee on National Statistics m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
762 kr
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People''s bonds, associations and networks - as well as the civil, political, and institutional characteristics of the society in which they live - can be powerful drivers affecting the quality of life among a community''s, a city''s, or a nation''s inhabitants and their ability to achieve both …
What Is "Your" Race?
The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to Classify Americans
Inbunden, 2013
432 kr
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America is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy? Does America still have a color line? Who is on which side? Does it have a different …
What Is "Your" Race?
The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to Classify Americans
Häftad, 2016
262 kr
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America is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy? Does America still have a color line? Who is on which side? Does it have a different …
What Is "e;Your"e; Race?
The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to Classify Americans
E-bok, 2013
346 kr
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A historical overview of the census race question—and a bold proposal for eliminating it America is preoccupied with race statistics—perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy? …
The Federal Statistical System: Its Vulnerability Matters More Than You Think
Av Kenneth Prewitt, Kenneth Prewitt
Häftad, 2010
1115 kr
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How do federal statistics strengthen our nation's science as well as its policy? From demographers requiring vital statistics to economists relying on national accounts, from political scientists using voting data to sociologists requiring race/ethnicity statistics, from public health researchers …
The Federal Statistical System: Its Vulnerability Matters More Than You Think
Inbunden, 2010
1626 kr
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How do federal statistics strengthen our nation's science as well as its policy? From demographers requiring vital statistics to economists relying on national accounts, from political scientists using voting data to sociologists requiring race/ethnicity statistics, from public health researchers …
