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Applying Social Science: The Role of Social Research in Politics, Policy and Practice
In complex contemporary societies social science has become increasingly interwoven into the whole fabric of governance. At the same time there is an increasing recognition that attempts to understand the social world which seek to mimic the linear approaches of the conventional 'hard sciences' are mostly useless given the complex systems character of society in all its aspects. This book draws on a synthesis of critical realism and complexity theory to examine how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis. A central argument is that there is no such thing as a 'pure' science of the social and that a recognition of the inevitability of application imposes obligations on social scientists wherever they work which challenge the passivity of most in the face of inequality and injustice.
Book Details
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publish Date: Feb 16th, 2011
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.30in - 6.30in - 0.70in - 1.10lb
- EAN: 9781847424518
- Categories: • Research• Public Policy - Social Policy
About the Author
Byrne, David: - David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His work explores the consequences of the post-industrial transition and the implications of the complexity frame of reference for understanding the social world.
Praise for this book
"Byrne has advocated over the last decade an integration of critical realism and complexity theory and here is a good starting point for readers fresh to his argument. His book is worth reading." Journal of Social Policy
"Very useful for its focus on 'application'. Will no doubt help those in applied profesion. Very relevant for wsocial work students for constructing evidence. Very useful."
"This is a very apprehensible and practically oriented book" Olga Savinskaya, Higher School of Economics