Values and Public Policy
by Aaron, Henry; Mann, Thomas E.; Taylor, Timothy T.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-12-01
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution Press
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Summary
In this book, six distinguished social scientists identify trends in America's values and their consequences, and consider public policy tools with which some of those values might be changed.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Note | p. 15 |
| How Changes in the Economy Are Reshaping American Values | p. 16 |
| Overview | p. 17 |
| Conclusion | p. 50 |
| Notes | p. 51 |
| Culture, Incentives, and the Underclass | p. 54 |
| Notes | p. 75 |
| The Family Condition of America Cultural Change and Public Policy | p. 81 |
| Notes | p. 106 |
| Multiculturalism and Public Policy | p. 113 |
| Notes | p. 144 |
| Public Spirit in Political Systems | p. 146 |
| Notes | p. 165 |
| Gang Behavior, Law Enforcement, and Community Values | p. 173 |
| Appendix | p. 196 |
| Appendix | p. 205 |
| Index | p. 211 |
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