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Whatever Happened, Indeed!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Abbott L. Ferriss
Abbott L. Ferriss
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Sociology, Emory Univers
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We're told a story of how American Indians taught their young to swim: They tied a rope around the youngster and tossed him in the water. Social indicators were tossed into the water without the rope! Without the rope of adequate Federal or private funds for support, social indicators were forced to learn to swim. And swim, they did.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1989, pp. 413 - 417
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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