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...Wilson's] work is unusual because it takes on major social issues courageously and lets the evidence fall where it may," says Professor of Government and of Sociology Theda Skocpol...
...Kennedy School experts who went to Health and Human Services to shape welfare policy found out, academics can also end up getting selectively manipulatively used," Skocpol wrote...
...Skocpol says such a goal will be difficult to attain...
...single school or department is likely ever to determine political or policy outcomes. And there is a danger that academics who imagine themselves to be more influential than they are can get used for purposes of window-dressing, especially when contentious issues like race or gender are involved," Skocpol wrote...
...Wilson's] ideas are to make headway ... this depends on building organized progressive networks of ideas and people for a revitalized Democratic Party...," Skocpol wrote. "The Harvard Afro-Am department can be a part of that, but only a part. And this cannot be done by focusing on individuals as personal super-stars...