| Pragmatism and the Origins of the Policy Sciences: Rediscovering Lasswell and the Chicago School Contributor(s): Dunn, William N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108730515 ISBN-13: 9781108730518 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Series: Elements in Public Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6" W x 9" (0.27 lbs) 75 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Element presents an examination of the origins of the policy sciences in the School of Pragmatism at the University of Chicago in the period 1915-38. Harold D. Lasswell, the principal creator of the policy sciences, based much of his work on the perspectives of public policy of John Dewey and other pragmatists at Chicago. Characteristics of the policy sciences include orientations that are normative, policy-relevant, contextual, and multi-disciplinary. These orientations originate in pragmatist principles of the unity of knowledge and action and functionalist explanations of action by reference to values. These principles are central to the future development of the policy sciences. |
