Public engagement and social science / [electronic resource]
Maile, Stella,editor.
Griffiths, David J.,editor.
This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science, to the pragmatic responses, and to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Introduction; The rationale of the book; The structure of the book; How to read the book; Part One. The meaning of public engagement; Introduction to Part One; 1. Café scientifique and the art of engaging publics; Introduction; Science and society: from communication to deliberation; What is public engagement?; Public engagement in higher education; Public engagement and social science; 2. Social Science in the CityTM: reflections on public engagement; The broader political context
The origins and aims of Social Science in the CityConcluding remarks; Part Two. Public engagement in practice; Introduction to Part Two; 3. 'Grab and go': some sociological musings on the 2011 'disturbances'; Some explanations; Revisiting the 'classics'; Durkheim's ghost; Individualism and civic responsibility; Summary; Reflection; 4. 1976 - the moral necessity of austerity; Introduction; Austerity: a new moral panic?; Back to the future; Panic in the Cabinet; The cost of living; Conclusion; 5. The Occupy movement; Theme One: physical; Theme Two: metaphysical; Conclusion
6. 'Brave new world': how will  the government respond to  the social care challenge of an ageing population?Introduction; Public engagement and understanding old age; Public understanding of social care; Social care and older people: four concerns to alert the public about; Towards an affordable personalised care system or the continuation of a crisis in social care?; Key messages and engaging with the public; Communication options and the importance of new professionals; 7. Road wars: contesting paradigms of road safety, public space and well-being; The road safety paradigm
Participatory innovationCommunity responses to traffic encroachment; Shared space; Neighbourhood responses to environmental degradation; 8. Restorative justice, community action and public protection; Introduction; Current approaches to offender punishment and management; Restorative justice; Restorative justice in the UK; Restorative justice and youth crime; Restorative justice and sex offenders; The impact of restorative justice on victims; Conclusions; 9. Chew 'em up or throw 'em up? Disorganised responses to interpersonal(ity) disorder and social disease; Introduction
Psychosocial dynamics of membership and refusal in public-private spacesStructural violence and the traumatising society; Housing unhoused minds and bodies: the disorganised response to the refusal to join in; Incohesive social defences against anxiety; Some concluding remarks; 10. Resilience; My personal interest in the subject; Two traditions of research: psychological and ecological; Personal resilience; Ecological resilience; 'Resilience thinking'; Part Three. Applying Social Science in the CityTM and beyond; Introduction to Part Three
11. Social science and severely troubled children - working in partnership, working in and on relationship
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science, to the pragmatic responses, and to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education.
Cities and towns
Political participation