Exaggerated claims : the ESRC, 50 years on / / David Walker

• Autore: Walker David
• Pubblicazione: London : , : SAGE Publications Ltd, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 300.72
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Research grants - Great Britain - Finance; Research grants - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: EXAGGERATED CLAIMS?-FRONT COVER; EXAGGERATED CLAIMS?; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2- THE ESRC TODAY; CHAPTER 3- PROMISE AND DISAPPOINTMENT; CHAPTER 4- REPRIEVE AND NORMALISATION; CHAPTER 5- AN AGENT OF AMELIORATION; CHAPTER 6- ACADEMIC CAPTURE; CHAPTER 7- CUMULATIVE KNOWLEDGE?; CHAPTER 8- CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: What is the role of the state in distributing research money? How do arm's-length funding agencies relate to public policy and business? This original study looks at the main social science funding agency in the UK, which was established 50 years ago. It examines how funding decisions are related to power. The 'critical' and 'policy' aspects of successful research bids are discussed. Walker asks the tricky question, why has social science research not achieved a more salient role in state policy formation and management strategy: is the funding agency responsible? Insightful, engrossing and highly original, the book will be required reading for anyone who has written or will write a Social Science research bid and, more widely, for students of power, knowledge and culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exaggerated claims
• ISBN: 1-4739-6702-3; 1-4739-6705-8; 1-4739-6704-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818521303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sage swifts.