Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis - Softcover

Flyvbjerg, Bent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521168201 ISBN 13: 9780521168205

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.

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About the Authors

Professor Bent Flyvbjerg is Founding Chair of Major Programme Management at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and Director of the Oxford Centre for Major Programme Management. He works for better planning and management of megaprojects and cities, plus he writes about phronetic social science and case study research. Bent Flyvbjerg has served as adviser to the United Nations, the EU Commission and government and companies in many countries.

Professor Todd Landman is Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution at the University of Essex. He is a political scientist and has carried out numerous projects on the analysis and synthesis of data and complex governmental information as well being the author of several books and articles.

Sanford F. Schram has taught social theory and social policy at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College for the past fourteen years. He is an affiliate to the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As well as being author of ten books he sits on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Social Service Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521168201
• ISBN 13: 9780521168205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320