TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byrne,D.S.
TI  - Applying social science: the role of social research in politics, policy and practice 
SN  - 9781847424501 (pbk.)
AV  - H62 BYR 2011
U1  - 300.72 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bristol, Portland, OR
PB  - Policy Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Social policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221) and index; The methodological foundations of applied social science -- Constructing evidence: the development of knowledge which is to be applied -- Surveying the social world: assembling knowledge as a basis for action -- Evaluating: determining the worth of social interventions -- Legitimating: the selective use of social science in justifying policy and practice -- Consulting: the role of social research in relation to new modes of governance -- Modelling: representing the world in order to understand how it works -- Acting -- The Academy and beyond: applied social research in the real world -- Concluding
ER  -