Ideas and Influence: Social Science and Public Policy in Australia

by James Walter and Peter Saunders

A group of Australia's leading thinkers examine the relations between social science research, informed public opinion and the policy community. In short, it dissects relationships between research in the social sciences and policy outcomes. The book is a challenging and important analysis of current practice and an argument for how we might achieve more workable policy of broad social well as political benefit. It shows that expert knowledge can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0868409146
• ISBN13: 9780868409146
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"