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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170992503321

Autore

Willinsky John <1950->

Titolo

If only we knew : increasing the public value of social-science research / / John Willinsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-135-95873-4

1-135-95874-2

0-203-90515-6

1-280-31695-0

0-203-90639-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/2

Soggetti

Communication in the social sciences - Technological innovations

Knowledge, Sociology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Public-Knowledge Project; Public Knowledge; Knowbiz Economies; Housing Knowledge; Social-Science Ethos; Limited Impact; Chance of Knowledge; Risk of Knowing; Footnotes among Fragments; A Knowing Democracy; The Next Incunabula; Appendix: Potential Components of a Public-Knowledge Website; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In If Only We Knew, John Willinsky uses current social issues and historical precedents to demonstrate that the social sciences can and should contribute far more to public knowledge than they have in the past.