Ethical Imperialism Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009

Name: Ethical Imperialism Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009
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ISBN: 9780801894909

ISBN-10: 0801894905

ISBN-13: 9780801894909

Edition: 2010

Authors: Zachary M. Schrag

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University researchers in the United States seeking to observe, survey, or interview people are required first to complete ethical training courses and to submit their proposals to an institutional review board (IRB). Under current rules, IRBs have the power to deny funding, degrees, or promotion if their recommended modifications to scholars' proposals are not followed. This volume explains how this system of regulation arose and discusses its chilling effects on research in the social sciences and humanities.Zachary M. Schrag draws on original research and interviews with the key shapers of the institutional review board regime to raise important points about the effect of the IRB process…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



Ethics and Committees



The Spread of Institutional Review



The National Commission



The Belmont Report



The Battle for Social Science



Dï¿½tente and Crackdown



The Second Battle for Social Science



Accommodation or Resistance?


Conclusion


Notes


Index