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The public value of the social sciences : an interpretive essay /

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 marketizat...

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Main Author: Brewer, John D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Study and teaching.
Social values.
Social Values
Sciences sociales > Étude et enseignement.
Valeurs sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Social sciences > Study and teaching
Social values
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780931784
1780931786
9781472545121
1472545125
9781780935225
1780935226
9781780931746
1780931743
9781780931777
1780931778
DOI:10.5040/9781472545121