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The Poor Relation: A History of Social Sciences in Australia
Stuart Macintyre
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Paperback. Drawing on the activities of the Social Science Research Council and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, this book explores the fortunes of the social sciences over the past six decades. It investigates the work of social scientists: who they were, what they did and how they did it. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JF; JH; JNMN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 570.
What are the social sciences? What do they do? How are they practised in Australia? The Poor Relation examines the place of the social sciences-from economics and psychology to history, law and philosophy-in the teaching and research conducted by Australian universities. Across sixty years The Poor Relation charts the changing circumstances of the social sciences, and measures their contribution to public policy. In doing so it also relates the arrangements made to support them and explains why they are so persistently treated as the poor relation of science and technology.
What are the social sciences? What do they do? How are they practised in Australia? The Poor Relation examines the place of the social sciences-from economics and psychology to history, law and philosophy-in the teaching and research conducted by Australian universities. Across sixty years The Poor Relation charts the changing circumstances of the social sciences, and measures their contribution to public policy. In doing so it also relates the arrangements made to support them and explains why they are so persistently treated as the poor relation of science and technology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
402
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522857757
SKU
V9780522857757
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Ref
99-26
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