Social Research and Royal Commissions (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Bulmer, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113890306X ISBN 13: 9781138903067

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Social scientists have proposed several different models for the relationship between social science theory, empirical social research and the actual making of public social policy. This book, first published in 1980, seeks to provide a critical analysis of the impact of research on policy through the detailed examination of the part which research played in the work of Royal Commissions of Inquiry, the bodies set up by government to consider, gather evidence on, report and make recommendations about specific policy areas. This titles varied and stimulating chapters will serve to shed considerable light, not all of it positive, upon the potential contribution of the social sciences to the practice of government. This book will be of interest to students of the social sciences, particularly sociology and politics.

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Martin Bulmer

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113890306X
• ISBN 13: 9781138903067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214