The Public Value of the Social Sciences: An Interpretive Essay

by John D. Brewer

Book Overview

What is the purpose of social science?
How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century?

The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global university crisis that imposes the marketization of higher education on the ancient practice of scholarship. The other, internal threat is social science's withdrawal from publicly-engaged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780931743
• ISBN13: 9781780931746
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"