ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the threads from preceding chapters together and to raise general questions for further consideration. A good deal of the recent literature on the social impact of social science research has emphasized the obstacles which exist to its effective utilization. The years between 1933 and 1940 were both exciting and frustrating and divisive for social scientists in Washington. The New Deal made a permanent place for social scientists in American government at the federal level. Social scientists being asked to perform other roles is one way in which their influence may be reduced. Social scientists being asked to perform other roles is one way in which their influence may be reduced. A different source of scepticism lies in the perception that policy research is imbued with values, and that the social scientist has to make value choices.
