The Aims and Outcomes of Social Policy Research

Patricia Thomas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

120 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
9781041066835 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1985, this book investigates, through real cases, whether independently funded research which was intended to solve social problems has had the desired effect. It also inquires whether civil servants believe that research has a part to play in the formulation of policy. The researcher’s time scale is long and the policy maker’s is short. Does this conflict always mean that the results of research are produced long after policy has been decided and implemented? The book also examines the funders of social research who make up the third party in the uneasy relationship between social scientists and policy makers. This important study goes to the very heart of the debate about social research.

Patricia Thomas was Deputy Director of the Nuffield Foundation.

1.Is There Anybody Listening? 2. The ESRC and the Foundations 3. Research Management in Government 4. Interaction Between Research and Policy 5. Disappointed Hopes 6. Three Perspectives on Research 7. Research Models: Insiders, Gadflies, Limestone.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	530 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-13	9781041066835 / 9781041066835
Zustand	Neuware