Social science and government : policies and problems

Author(s)

• Cherns, Albert
• Sinclair, Ruth
• Jenkins, W. I. (William Ieuan)
• International Social Science Council
• International Social Science Council Conference on Social Scence Policy

Bibliographic Information

Social science and government : policies and problems

edited by A.B. Cherns, R. Sinclair, W.I. Jenkins

（The international behavioural and social sciences library, . Sociology & social policy ; 2）

Routledge, 2001

• : set

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : Tavistock Publications, 1972

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780415264969

Description

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1972 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Table of Contents

• 1: Social Science as a Policy Area
• 1: The functions and roles of the social sciences
• 2: Social sciences and policy
• 3: Policy-making as a learning process
• 4: Research and public policy
• 2: Aspects of Social Science Policy
• 5: The need for and provision of social science manpower 1
• 6: Types of output mix of research organizations and their complementarity
• 7: For a school of application of social sciences
• 8: The state of the social sciences
• 3: Social Scientists and the Making of Social Science Policy
• 9: The federal government and social science policy in the United States
• 10: The uses of social science in Poland
• 11: National and international policies for social research
• 12: Social science meta-policy

Volume

: set ISBN 9780415265171

Description

A distinctive feature of the work of the Tavistock Institute is its focus on social, organisational and policy dynamics through action-research, organisational analysis and formative evaluation. Reprinted here is a selection of works, reflecting this focus. Subjects covered include public planning, economic change, immigration, development and social theory.

Table of Contents

Burns and Saul Social Theory and Economic Change (1967) Hb: 0-415-26495-2 Cherns et al Social Science and Government: Policies and Problems (1972) Hb: 0-415-26496-0 Collins The Use of Models in the Social Sciences (1976) Hb: 0-415-26497-9 de Kadt and Williams Sociology and Development (1974) Hb: 0-415-26498-7 Friend et al Public Planning (1974) Hb: 0-415-26499-5 Jones Immigration and Social Policy in Britain (1977) Hb: 0-415-26500-2 Parkin The Social Analysis of Class Structure (1974) Hb: 0-415-26501-0 Shanin The Rules of the Game (1972) Hb: 0-415-26502-9 Vickersa Value Systems and Social Process (1968) Hb: 0-415-26503-7 Willener Action Image of Society on Cultural Politicization (1970) Hb: 0-415-26504-5

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Details

• NCID: BA54345054
• ISBN:
  • 0415265177
  • 0415264960
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxxiii, 269 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : H62
  • DC : 300
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social sciences and state -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54342078