Public Value of the Social Sciences An Interpretive Essay

Name: Public Value of the Social Sciences An Interpretive Essay
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ISBN: 9781780931746

ISBN-10: 1780931743

ISBN-13: 9781780931746

Edition: 2013

Authors: John D. Brewer

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What is the purpose of social science?How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century?The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global university crisis that imposes the marketization of higher education on the ancient practice of scholarship. The other, internal threat is social science's withdrawal from publicly–engaged teaching and research into the protective bunker of disciplinarity.In articulating a vision for the public role of social science in the twenty-first century, John Brewer argues that these threats also constitute an opportunity for a new public social…

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List price: $43.30
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/23/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English