Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (iv, 234 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1847424503
,
184742452X
,
9781847424501
,
9781847424525
Inhalt:
This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis
Inhalt:
APPLYING SOCIAL SCIENCE; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1. The methodological foundations of applied social science; 2. Constructing evidence: the development of knowledge which is to be applied; 3. Surveying the social world: assembling knowledge as a basis for action; 4. Evaluating: determining the worth of social interventions; 5. Legitimating: the selective use of social science in justifying policy and practice; 6. Consulting: the role of social research in relation to new modes of governance; 7. Modelling: representing theworld in order to understandhow it works
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781847424518
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Byrne, D.S. (David S.), 1947- Applying social science Bristol : Policy, 2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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