Applying social science
Subtitle: the role of social research in politics, policy and practice
By: David Byrne
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bristol; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781847424501; 9781847424518
Subjects: Social policy; Social sciences; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: The methodological foundations of applied social science; title: Constructing evidence: the development of knowledge which is to be applied; title: Surveying the social world: assembling knowledge as a basis for action; title: Evaluating: determining the worth of social interventions; title: Legitimating: the selective use of social science in justifying policy and practice; title: Consulting: the role of social research in relation to new modes of governance; title: Modelling: representing the world in order to understand how it works; title: Acting; title: The Academy and beyond: applied social research in the real world; title: Concluding.