Social research and social reform : essays in honour of A.H. Halsey
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Social research and social reform : essays in honour of A.H. Halsey
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-386) and index
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Description
This book provides a timely reassessment of the relationship between social research and social reform. A. H. Halsey's work on educational opportunity is a particularly significant example of the study of this relationship, and his retirement from the directorship of the Department of Social and Administrative Studies at the University of Oxford provides an opportunity to review his contribution to date. It has been a rare oeuvre, combining a strong moral
commitment to egalitarian social reform with a vigorous concern for evidence and quantitative research.
In this book leading scholars attempt to come to terms with Professor Halsey's contribution by offering essays in their own specialisms that reflect his continuing influence on their work. The range of subjects covered reflects the breadth of his influence and interests: Canon Barnett on ethical socialism; changing conceptions of social work; community and citizenship; social groups and movements within both State and market; an assessment of European Poverty Programmes; the reform of secondary
education; options for reform of post-16 education and training; higher education policy in Britain and the USA; social mobility and meritocracy; the role of social research in community development; women's studies in sociology, and the role of evaluation research in social policy in the USA and
Sweden.
In the face of current scepticism about its effectiveness, Social Research and Social Reform provides important evidence on the influence of social research and suggests new ways in which its relationship to social reform should be viewed.
Table of Contents
- 1. Canon Barnett: Ethical Socialist (Julia Parker)
- 2. Conceptions of Social Work (Juliet Cheetham)
- 3. Citizenship and Community in British Political Debates (Colin Crouch)
- 4. Social Movements and Disordered Bodies: the Reform of Birth, Sex, Drink, and Death in Britain since 1850 (Rory Williams)
- 5. Government against Poverty in the European Community (Graham Room)
- 6. Certification, Class Conflict, Religion, and Community (Andrew McPherson and Douglas Willms)
- 7. Government Policies and Higher Education: A Comparison of Britain and the United States, 1630-1860 (Sheldon Rothblatt and Martin Trow)
- 8. Towards Meritocracy? Recent Evidence on an Old Problem (Anthony Heath, Colin Mills, and Jane Roberts)
- 9. From Social Research to Educational Policy: 10/65 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (George Smith and Teresa Smith)
- 10. Women's Studies: Theory or Practice? (Ann Oakley)
- 11. Beyond the `Mixed Model': Social Research and the Case for Reform of the Education of Sixteen- to Eighteen-Year-Olds in Britain (David Raffe)
- 12. Active Labour-Market Policy: Its Content, Effectiveness, and Odd Relation to Evaluation Research (Harold Wilensky).
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