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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Autor principal: Brewer, John D. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic 2013.
Colección:Bloomsbury OA ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
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ISBN:9781780931784
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