political science

agenda formation 849
decision processes 850
implementation850 1
interpretation 852
policy products848 9
problem of interplay854 5
problem of scale853 4
relevant knowledge849 50
sources of compliance851 2
smart policy,seeNew Public Management
smoking 27
social capital:
and collaborative governance497 8
and concern over vitality of 171
social cohesion, and maintenance of 895
social constructivism, and argumentative
policy evaluation326 8
social democratic welfare regimes611 12,
862
Social Exclusion Unit (UK) 164
social experimentation806 7
and advantages of:
clarify trade oVs 814
consensus building 815
create inventories of information 814
data provision for policy ideas813 14
development of research methods 815
keeps policy ideas alive 814
legitimize existing preferences 815
provision of interesting work 816
real life testing of social theories815 16
and characteristics of807 8, 826
randomization807 8
testing of alternative policies826 7
and contribution of 827
realisticexpectations827 8
and decision making 812
and examples of:
health insurance experiment 810 , 814 ,
815 , 817 , 822 , 827
income maintenance experiments 810 ,
814 , 817 , 827
nursing home incentive
reimbursement810 12, 817 , 819 ,
822 , 827
welfare to work programs 810 , 817 , 827
and history of808 10

and impact on policy297 8

and limitations of:

abilities of researchers 819

heightened scrutiny819 20

impact on decision making817 18

misuse of researchWndings818 19

simplistic thinking 819

and narrowing of focus of826 7

and need for 827

and research limitations:

complexity of interventions825 6

design challenges820 2

ethical issues 825

expense 823

feasibility of random assignment824 5

limits on what can be tested 823

small eVects 824

timeconsiderations 822

Social Landlords’ Crime and Nuisance

Group (UK) 217

social learning372 3,374 5

and paradigm shifts 375

see alsolearning

social memberships 574

social movements:

and development of US welfare state 870

and frame analysis 258

and impact on policy making24 5

social networks, and policy sciences 50 , 51

social policy:

and high income groups as

beneWciaries619 20

and interdependence of360 1

and middle class beneWciaries618 19

and pro poor bias 620

and redistribution 607

see alsosocial experimentation

Social Research and Demonstration

Association (Canada) 816

Social Security Act (USA) 865

social settings, and creation of institutional

arrangements847 8

agenda formation 849

decision processes 850

implementation850 1

interpretation 852

policy products848 9

subject index 977