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Qualitative research through case studies
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ISBN: 0761968059 0761968067 1299657591 1849209723 1446276279 9781446276273 9781849209724 9780761968054 9780761968061 Year: 2001 Publisher: London Sage


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Pathways to data : field methods for studying ongoing social organizations
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ISBN: 0202301737 9780202301730 Year: 1970 Publisher: Chicago (Ill.) Aldine

Social science organization and policy : First series, Belgium, Chile, Egypt, Hungary, Nigeria, Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 9231010840 9789231010842 Year: 1974 Volume: 17 Publisher: Paris Unesco

Social sciences and modern states : national experiences and theoretical crossroads
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ISBN: 0521381983 052106404X 0511983999 9780521381987 9780511983993 9780521064040 Year: 1991 Volume: 9 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press

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Modern social sciences have been committed to the improvement of public policy. However, doubts have arisen about the possibility and desirability of a policy-oriented social science. In this book, leading specialists in the field analyse both the development and failings of policy-oriented social science. In contrast to other writings on the subject, this volume presents a distinctively historical and comparative approach. By looking at earlier periods, the contributors demonstrate how policy orientation has been central to the emergence and evolution of the social sciences as a form of professional activity. Case studies of rarely examined societies such as Poland, Brazil and Japan further demonstrate the various ways in which intellectual developments have been shaped by the societal contexts in which they have emerged and how they have taken part in the shaping of these societies.

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