Values and Public Policy

by Aaron, Henry; Mann, Thomas E.; Taylor, Timothy T.

• ISBN13: 9780815700555
• ISBN10: 0815700555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-12-01
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

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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