Screen LibraryThe use and usefulness of the social sciences：achievements, disappointments, and promise
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SAGE Publications,
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| Publisher Address: | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 600 |
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| Carrier Form: | 188 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1412926564 (paper : alk. paper) 1412926556 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | C91 |
| CLC: |
C91-097.12 G327.122.25 |
| Call Number: | G327.122.25/U844 |
| Contents: |
"July 2005." Includes bibliographical references. Preface : the achievements, frustrations, and promise of the social sciences / Robert W. Pearson and Lawrence W. Sherman -- Political ideas and a political science for policy / Kenneth Prewitt -- Toward an anthropology of public policy / Janine R. Wedel ... [et al.] -- The current state of economics : needs lots of work / Barbara R. Bergmann -- The return of the repressed : recovering the public face of U.S. sociology, one hundred years on / Michael Burawoy -- Nature and nurture : genetic and environmental influences on behavior / Robert Plomin and Kathryn Asbury -- The uses and usefulness of psychology / Mitchell G. Ash -- The use and usefulness of criminology, 1751-2005 : enlightened justice and its failures / Lawrence W. Sherman -- International relations as a social science : rigor and relevance / Jeffry A. Frieden and David A. Lake -- Book review essay : the uneasy partnership between social science and public policy / Robert W. Pearson -- Quick read synopsis : the use and usefulness of the social sciences : achievements, disappointments, and promise. |