Sowing Seeds of Change - Informing Public Policy in the Economic Research Service of USDA

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Provides a case study of the need for analysis and information in support of public policy. This work combines lessons learned from one of the first government agencies devoted primarily to this function with modern economic theory of organizations. It provides analysis on how and why public economic policy evolves with technological advances.

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• Authors: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Panel to Study the Research Program of t, Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service
• Assisted by: James T Bonnen (Editor), James T. Bonnen (Editor), John F Geweke (Editor), John F. Geweke (Editor), Jeffrey J Koshel (Editor), Jeffrey J. Koshel (Editor), Andrew A White (Editor), Andrew A. White (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.1999
• EAN: 9780309071529
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07152-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches