Usable social science
By: Neil J. Smelser and John S. Reed
Contributors: Reed, John S. (John Shepard), 1939-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9780520273566
Subjects: Social sciences; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Space and time : constraints and opportunities; title: Some dynamics of cognition, judgment, and bias; title: Sanctions in organizational and social life; title: Groups, teams, networks, trust, and social capital; title: How decisions are made; title: Organizations and organizational change; title: Economic development and social change; title: Methods of research and their usability; title: Social change, social problems, and demands for knowledge; title: The production of knowledge in the social sciences.