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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED164362 AUTHOR: Tangri, Sandra S.; Strasburg, Georgia L.
TITLE: Can Research on Women Be More Effective in Shaping
Policy?
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1977
NOTE: 49 p.; Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association (San Francisco,
California, August 27, 1977)
ABSTRACT: In order to formulate social policy which is
responsive to needs of women and other minority groups,
decision makers must be better informed about alternative
options, incentives, and unintended as well as intended
consequences of various policies. Social scientists can
contribute to decision makers' understandings of social
factors in numerous ways. They can call attention to policy
relevant questions, provide impact analyses, and conduct
evaluation research. Institutional mechanisms for producing
the most useful research about women and minorities must be
devised through cooperative efforts of government agencies,
research organizations, and interest groups. Also, graduate
programs in psychology and related social sciences should
train students to conceptualize, understand, and
investigate
public policy issues. Problem areas in which research on
women could have a significant impact include community
response to physical, aesthetic, and service needs; welfare
policies; occupational choice and affirmative action; and
situational determinants of sex-typed traits. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Civil-Rights-Legislation; Decision-Making;
Disadvantaged-; Discriminatory-Legislation; Futures-of
Society; Higher-Education; Legislation-; Legislators-;
Literature-Reviews; Political-Influences; Poverty-;
Psychology-; Quality-of-Life; Social-Change; Social
Influences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Females-; *Policy-Formation;
*Relationship
; *Research-Needs; *Social-Planning; *Social-Science
Research
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