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Autore: | Smelser Neil J |
Titolo: | Usable social science [[electronic resource] /] / Neil J. Smelser and John S. Reed |
Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
Disciplina: | 300.72 |
Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - Research |
Soggetto non controllato: | anthropology |
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 | |
Altri autori: | ReedJohn S <1939-> (John Shepard) |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Usable social science |
ISBN: | 1-283-64633-1 |
0-520-95414-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785979203321 |
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