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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1. Verfasser: Brewer, John D.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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