Social Scientists, Policy, and the State by Stephen Brooks (English) Hardcover B

Description: Social Scientists, Policy, and the State by Stephen Brooks, Alain G. Gagnon This collection of original essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracies. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This collection of original essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracies. The comparative approach of this book provides the basis for broader generalization about the linkages between social science and social scientist and the modern state and political power. Social Scientists, Policy, and the State brings fresh analysis to specific issues that are important to a more general understanding of these linkages.Part I examines the ways in which social scientists participate in the policy-making process. Part II looks at the uses made of ideas generated by social scientific research and at variations within and relations between the critical and expert roles of the social scientist. Part III discusses the factors that have contributed to change in the relationship of social scientists to power and to the state. This section also includes a detailed discussion about the cultural and structural conditions that facilitate or block the political influence of social scientists. This book should have equal appeal to teachers and researchers in the fields of comparative politics, policy making, and the sociology of knowledge. Author Biography STEPHEN BROOKS is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor, Canada. He is author of Public Policy in Canada: An Introduction (1989), and co-author, with Alain G. Gagnon, of Social Scientists and Politics in Canada: Between Clerisy and Vanguard (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1988).ALAIN G. GAGNON is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. His current studies focus on the sociology of intellectuals. Table of Contents PrefaceIntroductionThe Influence of Social Scientists on Public PolicySocial Scientists and PolicyThe Third Community, Policy Inquiry, and Social ScientistsPolicy Paradigms, Experts and the State: The Case of Macroeconomic Policy-Making in BritainThe Market for Social Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Free Trade in CanadaKnowledge, Power, and the StateThe Uneasy Partnership Endures: Social Science and GovernmentSocial Science and State Developments: The Structuration of Discourse in the Social SciencesKnowledge, Power, and Policy: Reflections on FoucaultBackground Reading: The Crisis of Policy SciencesBibliographyIndex Long Description This collection of original essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracies. The comparative approach of this book provides the basis for broader generalization about the linkages between social science and social scientist and the modern state and political power. Social Scientists, Policy, and the State brings fresh analysis to specific issues that are important to a more general understanding of these linkages. Part I examines the ways in which social scientists participate in the policy-making process. Part II looks at the uses made of ideas generated by social scientific research and at variations within and relations between the critical and expert roles of the social scientist. Part III discusses the factors that have contributed to change in the relationship of social scientists to power and to the state. This section also includes a detailed discussion about the cultural and structural conditions that facilitate or block the political influence of social scientists. This book should have equal appeal to teachers and researchers in the fields of comparative politics, policy making, and the sociology of knowledge. Details ISBN0275934497 Year 1990 ISBN-10 0275934497 ISBN-13 9780275934491 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1990-03-09 Country of Publication United States Edited by Stephen Brooks DEWEY 320.6 Birth 1954 Place of Publication Westport Short Title SOCIAL SCIENTISTS POLICY & THE Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 193 Author Alain G. Gagnon Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DOI 10.1604/9780275934491 UK Release Date 1990-03-09 AU Release Date 1990-03-09 NZ Release Date 1990-03-09 US Release Date 1990-03-09 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:16432069;

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