Social Science Research and Government Comparative Essays on Britain and the United States

Name: Social Science Research and Government Comparative Essays on Britain and the United States
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ISBN: 9780521125772

ISBN-10: 0521125774

ISBN-13: 9780521125772

Edition: 2010

Authors: Martin Bulmer

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This collection of 20 original essays considers the relationship between social science research and government during the last 30 years in Britain and the United States especially the economic and social policies of Reagan and Thatcher governments.

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 428
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Contributors



Governments and social science: patterns of mutual influence




Research in the Context of Policy-Making



The governmental context: interaction between structure and influence




Governmental structures, social science and the development of economic social policies




The use of social research: myths and models




Networks of influence: the social sciences in Britain since the war




Social science in Whitehall: two analytic perspectives Stuart




Congressional committee staffs (do, do not) use analysis




Social science training as related to the policy roles of US career officials and appointees: the decline of analysis




Perhaps Minister: the messy world of 'in house' government social research




Social science in government: the case of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit




The work of the Commission for Economic and Social Change in Germany




Methodologies for Policy Research



Varieties of methodology: strengthening the contribution of social science




The links between policy, survey research and academic social science: America and Britain compared




Survey research for government




The Federal effort in developing social indicators and social reporting in the United States during the 1970s




Social science analysis and congressional uses: the case of the United States General Accounting Office




Comparative aspects of randomised experiments for planning and evaluation




The Political Context



The social sciences in an age of uncertainty




'Pulling through': conspiracies, counterplots and how the SSRC escaped the axe in 1982




Social science under siege: the political response 1981-1984



Index