The (F)Utility of Knowledge

The Relation of Social Science to Public Policy toward Drugs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9775780
AutoresJoseph R Gusfield (autor de correspondencia)
Año1975
Volumen417
Número1
Páginas1-15
Fecha de publicación1975-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271627541700102
OpenAlexW2087147240
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This paper discusses the ambiguities and levels of public policy, with emphasis on the consequences of the visibility of policy statements. The symbolic aspects of public policy are analyzed, and the character of meanings other than those attributed by scientific experts is discussed. Impli cations of "drugs" as related to youth and cultural change help to explain limitations on the use of knowledge in public policy. A distinction is drawn between visible policy and the policy of day-to-day action. Several ways in which knowledge does contribute to policy are then specified

Action (physics · Character (mathematics · Economics · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Public economics · Public policy · Public relations · Relation (database · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Visibility · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics