Real social science : applied phronesis / / edited by Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman, Sanford Schram

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 300
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Philosophy; Social sciences - Research - Methodology
• Classificazione: SOC024000
• Altri autori: FlyvbjergBent LandmanTodd SchramSanford
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Real Social Science; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction: new directions in social science; REFERENCES; Part I: Theory and method; 2: Phronetic social science: an idea whose time has come; Phronetic social science: its own form of praxis; The question is not `which method?' but `what matters?'; REFERENCES; 3: Phronesis and narrative analysis; Introduction; Methods of narrative analysis; Narrative and phronesis; Narrative, phronesis and truth; Conclusion; Definition of research problem; Research design and methods ; Value added of the phronetic approachREFERENCES; 4: The feel for power games: everyday phronesis and social theory; Exemplifying phronesis; Bourdieu: the capacities and limits of practical wisdom; Foucault: danger and practical wisdom; Conclusion: theory and practical wisdom; REFERENCES; 5: Phronesis, projects and power research; Introduction; Researching power; Enter phronesis; Power and wisdom at work; The power of value; Background; Value for money?; Back to phronesis; REFERENCES; Part II: Applied phronesis; 6: Why mass media matter and how to work with them: phronesis and megaprojects ; Media as magnifierThe importance of tension points; Working with tension points in practice; The four phronetic questions answered for megaprojects; Question 1: Where are we going with megaprojects?; Question 2: Who gains and who loses, by which mechanisms of power?; Question 3: Is this development desirable?; Question 4: What should we do, if anything?; Going global; Lessons of mass media and phronesis; REFERENCES; 7: Power and conflict in collaborative research; Introduction; Theorizing power in collaborative research; Reflecting on and practising power in CR: trust, respect and conflict ; Politics and powerFunding and research agendas; Power and the research team; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 8: Unsettling a settler society: film, phronesis and collaborative planning in small-town Canada; Prologue; An emerging paradigm; Research questions; Planning the research: thinking through the ethics and politics; Excavating the present, retrieving the past: what is happening here?; From the politics of film composition to the politics of communication and dissemination: film as catalyst for change; Step 1; Step 2; Step 3; Step 4; Next steps; Are we dreamers?; REFERENCES ; 9: Phronesis and critical policy analysis: Heathrow's -'third runway' and the politics of sustainable aviation in the United KingdomDiscourse, practice and power; The logics of critical explanation; Problematizing the politics of megaprojects: the decision to expand Heathrow; Preparing for take off; New Labour strategies and tactics; Assessing the outcome; Critical explanation: Heathrow and the logics of UK aviation expansion; Critical evaluation; What is to be done?; REFERENCES; 10:Amnesty in the age of accountability: Brazil in comparative context; Brazil and the justice norm ; The justice balance
• Sommario/riassunto: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social sciences, and this volume gives readers for the first time a set of studies exemplifying what applied phronesis looks like in practice. The reflexive analysis of values and power gives new meaning to the impact of research on policy and practice. Real Social Science is a major step forward in a novel and thriving field of research. This book will benefit scholars, researchers and students who want to make a difference in practice, not just in the academy. Its message will make it essential reading for students and academics across the social sciences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Real social science
• ISBN: 1-139-36573-8; 1-107-22645-7; 1-280-66395-2; 9786613640888; 1-139-37827-9; 0-511-71991-4; 1-139-37541-5; 1-139-37684-5; 1-139-37970-4; 1-139-37142-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823016503321
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