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Applying social science : the role of social research in politics, policy and practice / David Byrne.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Bristol ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.Description: iv, 234 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781847424501 (pbk.)
  • 1847424503 (pbk.)
  • 9781847424518 (hardcover)
  • 1847424511 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H62 .B976 2011
Contents:
The methodological foundations of applied social science -- Constructing evidence: the development of knowledge which is to be applied -- Surveying the social world: assembling knowledge as a basis for action -- Evaluating: determining the worth of social interventions -- Legitimating: the selective use of social science in justifying policy and practice -- Consulting: the role of social research in relation to new modes of governance -- Modelling: representing the world in order to understand how it works -- Acting -- The Academy and beyond: applied social research in the real world -- Concluding.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221) and index.

The methodological foundations of applied social science -- Constructing evidence: the development of knowledge which is to be applied -- Surveying the social world: assembling knowledge as a basis for action -- Evaluating: determining the worth of social interventions -- Legitimating: the selective use of social science in justifying policy and practice -- Consulting: the role of social research in relation to new modes of governance -- Modelling: representing the world in order to understand how it works -- Acting -- The Academy and beyond: applied social research in the real world -- Concluding.

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