Pragmatism and the Origins of the Policy Sciences

Rediscovering Lasswell and the Chicago School

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Conditions, History & Theory
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Author: William N. Dunn ISBN: 9781108583527
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: April 30, 2019
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: William N. Dunn
ISBN: 9781108583527
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: April 30, 2019
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

An examination of the origins of the policy sciences in the School of Pragmatism at the University of Chicago in the period 1915-1938. 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.

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An examination of the origins of the policy sciences in the School of Pragmatism at the University of Chicago in the period 1915-1938. 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.

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