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A social scientist employed by the government frequently finds him self in the midst of a political battle, the object of harsh criticism by some groups and warm praise by others. All of this results chiefly from the large role of values in his work. People with a point of view that conflicts with his own treat him in a rough fashion, while other groups who evaluate the situation as he does see him as an ally. And, try as he might to escape by assuming a neutral pose and insisting that as a scientist he is above the battle, the conflicting groups bar the door. His values determine his relations with other people, draw him into the fight and keep him there. At least, generalizations such as these are supported by one episode in the history of the application of the social sciences to American politics. In this story, which centered in the Central Valley of California, the values of two sides of the agricultural tradition figured prominently.1 Some participants in the battle exalted the small farmer, viewing him as, among other things, the backbone of democracy.2 Other Califor nians looked upon farming as essentially a part of the business system
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