04010nam 2200925 a 450 991082454740332120230126205809.01-283-64633-10-520-95414-910.1525/9780520954144(CKB)2670000000259504(EBL)1040635(OCoLC)813286391(SSID)ssj0000757218(PQKBManifestationID)11434992(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757218(PQKBWorkID)10754676(PQKB)10178225(StDuBDS)EDZ0000124685(MiAaPQ)EBC1040635(OCoLC)868222984(MdBmJHUP)muse31068(DE-B1597)518879(DE-B1597)9780520954144(Au-PeEL)EBL1040635(CaPaEBR)ebr10611511(CaONFJC)MIL395883(EXLCZ)99267000000025950420120625d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUsable social science[electronic resource] /Neil J. Smelser and John S. ReedBerkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (435 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27356-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Space and time : constraints and opportunities -- Some dynamics of cognition, judgment, and bias -- Sanctions in organizational and social life -- Groups, teams, networks, trust, and social capital -- How decisions are made -- Organizations and organizational change -- Economic development and social change -- Methods of research and their usability -- Social change, social problems, and demands for knowledge -- The production of knowledge in the social sciences.This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicate its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making. Among the areas presented are space-and-time coordinates of social life; cognition and bias; group and network effects; the role of sanctions; organizational dynamics; and macro-changes associated with economic development. Finally, the authors look at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge.Social sciencesResearchanthropology.applied social sciences.behavioral economics.books by scientists.books for science lovers.cultural analysis.development of culture.economic development.educational books.home school science books.how humans interact.huma psychology.human analysis.human culture.human philosophy.informative books.learning from experts.learning while reading.nonfiction books.passion books.politics and science.quarantine books.social science research.social science.social theories.sociology.Social sciencesResearch.300.72Smelser Neil J89308Reed John S(John Shepard),1939-1655975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824547403321Usable social science4008592UNINA