The use of social science research in the development of public policy

Speaking before an audience at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) declared: “Funds currently spent by the government on social science–including on politics of all things–would be better spent helping find cures to diseases.”

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Cuidar en tiempos de crisis

Castalia - Revista de Psicología de la Academia ◽

10.25074/07198051.35.1897 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 145-156

Author(s):

María Alejandra Energici ◽

Nicolás Schongut ◽

Sebastián Rojas ◽

Samanta Alarcón

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Science ◽

Research Team ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Interdisciplinary Perspective ◽

Methodological Challenges

Esta entrevista presenta un diálogo con el equipo a cargo de la investigación “Cuidar. Estudio sobre tiempos, formas y espacios de cuidado en casa durante la pandemia”. Se abordan los principales desafíos teóricos y metodológicos asociados a estudiar los cuidados desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar y, a continuación, los principales hallazgos del estudio y sus implicancias en el campo de la investigación social y las políticas públicas. -- This interview presents a dialogue with the research team of the study "Cuidar. Estudio sobre tiempos, formas y espacios de cuidado en casa durante la pandemia". We first explore the theoretical and methodological challenges associated with studying care from an interdisciplinary perspective. Then, we show main findings of the study and their implications in the field of social science research and public policy.

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Convenient and Inconvenient Truths in Family Law: Preventing Scholar-Advocacy Bias in the Use of Social Science Research for Public Policy

Family Court Review ◽

10.1111/fcre.12211 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 150-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Irwin Sandler ◽

Michael Saini ◽

Marsha Kline Pruett ◽

JoAnne L. Pedro-Carroll ◽

Janet R. Johnston ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Science ◽

Family Law ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research

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Racial Mixing and National Integration in Latin America: The Return of Racial Differences in Mexico and Brazil

Latin American Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0094582x17740897 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 180-189

Author(s):

Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Latin America ◽

Social Science ◽

Racial Differences ◽

Latin American ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

First Century ◽

National Integration

The importance of racial differences in the configuration of Latin American societies has for decades been overshadowed by ideologies of racial mixing and social-class-based approaches to the analysis of the region’s societies. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century increased attention has been devoted to racial differences both in public policy and in social science research. Government affirmative action designed to reverse social inequalities due to racial differences in Brazil and the results of research on racial differences and racial mixing in Mexico indicate that, as Rodolfo Stavenhagen argued 50 years ago, racial mixing does not contribute to national integration. La transcendencia de las diferencias raciales en la configuración de las sociedades latinoamericanas ha sido poco atendida durante décadas; inicialmente, fue opacada por las ideologías del mestizaje, y posteriormente ensombrecida por el predominio de las clases sociales como forma de analizar a las sociedades de esta región. Desde a comienzos del siglo XXI, las diferencias raciales han adquirido notoriedad en Latinoamérica, tanto en las investigaciones en ciencias sociales como en las políticas públicas. Las políticas públicas de acción afirmativa conducidas por el gobierno brasileño y los hallazgos de las investigaciones más recientes en cuestiones referidas a las diferencias raciales y al mestizaje en el caso de México indican que, como dijo Rodolfo Stavenhagen hace cincuenta años, el mestizaje no contribuye a la integración nacional.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY*

Policy Studies Journal ◽

10.1111/j.1541-0072.1972.tb00078.x ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 107-111

Author(s):

Robert Lane

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research

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6. Measurement in the social sciences, economics, business, and public policy

Measurement: A Very Short Introduction ◽

10.1093/actrade/9780198779568.003.0006 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 90-105

Author(s):

David J. Hand

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Public Policy ◽

Social Science ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Individual Values ◽

The Social ◽

Vast Range

Social measurement spans a vast range of topics. It underpins government, public policy, international relations, industrial relations, economics, academic social science research, aspects of business and commerce, and education, health, and transport systems. It is necessary for understanding our societies and how we live in them, for monitoring and indeed guiding change, to decide if things are working, and to provide accountability. ‘Measurement in the social sciences, economics, business, and public policy’ shows that, generally, social measures are aggregate measures summarizing many individual values. Statistical summaries might be based on data from every member of a population or a mere sample. It also discusses economic indicators and gaming.

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