Contents -- Preface -- 1. In Search of Relevance to Social Reform and Policy-Making / David L. Featherman and Maris A. Vinovskis -- 2. Knowledge for the Public Good: The Emergence of Social Sciences and Social Reform in Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century America, 1880-1940 / Martin Bulmer -- 3. Growth and Use of Social and Behavioral Science in the Federal Government since World War II / David L. Featherman and Maris A. Vinovskis -- 4. Designing Head Start: Roles Played by Developmental Psychologists / Sheldon H. White and Deborah A. Phillips -- 5. Policy, Aging, and the Graying of Society / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- 6. Welfare Reform Policy from Nixon to Clinton: What Role for Social Science? / Sheldon Danziger -- 7. Welfare Reform at the State Level: The Role of Social Experiments and Demonstrations / Judith M. Gueron -- 8. The Making and Analysis of Public Policy: A Perspective on the Role of Social Science / Laurence E. Lynn Jr. -- Contributors -- Index.