Social Science Information and Public Policy Making 9780765807588

Behavioral Science and Public Policy 9781108972789

Behavioral science is playing an increasing role in public policy, and it is raising new questions about fundamental iss

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The Uses of Social Research (Routledge Revivals): Social Investigation in Public Policy-Making 1317449908, 9781317449904

The growth and health of the social sciences owe a good deal to the generally held belief that they are socially useful,

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Making social policy work 9781847422781

Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. What has been achieved by efforts to improve services and r

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Public Engagement and Social Science 9781447306870

This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main them

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Social Work and the Making of Social Policy 9781447349174

Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction b

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A Critical Woman: Barbara Wootton, Social Science and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century 9781849664769, 9781849664691

Barbara Wootton was one of the extraordinary public figures of the twentieth century. She was an outstanding social scie

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Society on the edge: social science and public policy in the postwar United States 9781108487139, 9781108732192

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Executing Truth: Public Policy and the Threat of Social Science 1793603316, 9781793603319

With the increasing use of algorithms to govern public life, a proliferation of promises surrounding 'big data,

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Order Without Design: Information Production and Policy Making 9781503621732

In this lively and, ultimately, disturbing study of policy analysts who are employed in bureaucracies, the author finds

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Executing Truth: Public Policy and the Threat of Social Science 1793603316, 9781793603319

With the increasing use of algorithms to govern public life, a proliferation of promises surrounding 'big data,

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