LEADER 03068nam 2200421 a 450 001 9910597894103321 005 20170817204723.0 010 $a1-78093-177-8 035 $a(CKB)3230000000216502 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25039290 035 $a(EXLCZ)993230000000216502 100 $a20130423d2013 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 14$aThe public value of the social sciences$b[electronic resource] /$ean interpretative essay /$fJohn D. Brewer 210 $aLondon $cBloomsbury$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface and acknowledgementsIntroductionWhat is social science?What is the scale and standing of British social science?What is the threat faced by the social sciences?What is the public value of social science?What is the new public social science?Conclusion: A social science for the 21st century?Select bibliography and further reading 330 8 $aJohn Brewer explores the essential nature of the social sciences and the ways in which notions of 'impact' and 'value' could be reframed to generate a more productive debate around their contribution to the good of society.$bWhat 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 teaching and research into the protective bunker of disciplinarity.In articulating a vision for the public role of social science in the twenty-first century, John Brewer argues that these threats also constitute an opportunity for a new public social science to emerge, confident in its public value and fully engaged with the future of humanity in its teaching, research and civic responsibilities, while also remaining committed to science. The argument is presented in the form of an interpretive essay: thought-provoking, forward-looking, and challenging to intellectual orthodoxy. It should be read and debated by all researchers and teachers in the social science disciplines who are concerned by the future of higher education and the relevance of their subjects to the future of humankind. 517 $apublic value of the social sciences 606 $aSocial sciences 606 $aSocial sciences$xStudy and teaching 606 $aSociety$2ukslc 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aSocial sciences. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStudy and teaching. 615 7$aSociety. 676 $a300.71 700 $aBrewer$b John D$0657401 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597894103321 996 $aPublic Value of the Social Sciences$91804086 997 $aUNINA