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Modern social sciences have, over the past forty years, been
committed to the improvement of public policy. More recently,
however, doubts have arisen about the possibility and desirability
of a policy-oriented social science. In this book, leading
specialists in the field analyze both the development and failings
of policy-oriented social science. In contrast to other writings on
the subject, this volume presents a distinctively historical and
comparative approach. By looking at earlier periods, the
contributors demonstrate how policy orientation has been central to
the emergence and evolution of the social sciences as a form of
professional activity. Case studies of rarely examined societies
such as Poland, Brazil and Japan further demonstrate the various
ways in which intellectual developments have been shaped by the
societal contexts in which they have emerged and how they have
taken part in the shaping of these societies.
Modern social sciences have been committed to the improvement of
public policy. However, doubts have arisen about the possibility
and desirability of a policy-oriented social science. In this book,
leading specialists in the field analyse both the development and
failings of policy-oriented social science. In contrast to other
writings on the subject, this volume presents a distinctively
historical and comparative approach. By looking at earlier periods,
the contributors demonstrate how policy orientation has been
central to the emergence and evolution of the social sciences as a
form of professional activity. Case studies of rarely examined
societies such as Poland, Brazil and Japan further demonstrate the
various ways in which intellectual developments have been shaped by
the societal contexts in which they have emerged and how they have
taken part in the shaping of these societies.
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