Social Science Research Council, 1923-1998
By: by Kenton W. Worcester ; foreword by Craig Calhoun ; afterword by Kenneth Prewitt
Contributors: Sibley, Elbridge, 1903-1994
Publisher: Social Science Research Council
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: History; Social sciences; Societies; Research; Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
Notes: "Social Science Research Council : the first fifty years / by Elbridge Sibley": p. 129-213.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD BY CRAIG CALHOUN 5; title: INTRODUCTION 13; title: PART ONE 15; title: THE CAUSE OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH 19; title: ORGANIZING ASSUMPTIONS 23; title: CHANGING POLITICAL TIDES 34; title: PART TWO 55; title: DIRECTION AND MANDATE 61; title: RESEARCH PLANNING IN THE 1970S 65; title: RESEARCH PLANNING IN THE 1980s 68; title: RESEARCH PLANNING IN THE 1990S 72; title: AREA AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 77; title: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM REORGANIZATION 88; title: FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 93; title: CONCLUSION 97; title: AFTERWORD BY KENNETH PREWITT 123; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 125; title: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS BY ELBRIDGE SIBLEY 127; title: FOREWORD BY ELEANOR BERNET SHELDON 129; title: INTRODUCTION 131; title: MAJOR ISSUES OF POLICY 134; title: IMPROVING RESEARCH METHODS 142; title: SOME METHODOLOGICAL AND SUBSTANTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 152; title: RESEARCH TRAINING AND SUPPORT 183; title: FOREIGN AREA TRAINING AND RESEARCH 190; title: THE COUNCIL AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 205; title: AFTERWORD BY ELEANOR BERNET SHELDON 211.