Social Sciences for Knowledge and Decision Making
Social science research should lead to a better understanding of current societal developments and enable policy makers to propose solutions to problems and design policies that can serve the public more effectively. Governments are increasingly aware of the need and opportunities to improve the con...
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2001.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705677306719 |
Table of Contents:
- ""CONTENTS""; ""Opening Remarks: Challenges for the Social Sciences in the New Millennium ""; ""Contribution of Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making: Summary Remarks OECD Science and Technology Policy Division""; ""Chapter 1. Can the Social Sciences Act as an Agent of Change in Society? ""; ""Chapter 2. The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making: Reports of Four Working Groups ""; ""Chapter 3. Causal Mechanism and Social Practices: What Can Social Science Contribute to Social Practice? ""; ""Chapter 4. Serendipity and Policy Relevance ""
- ""Chapter 5. Ideas, Interests, Institutions: The Contribution of Academia to the Real World """"Chapter 6. Evidence-Based Policy: Taking the Vision Forward ""; ""Chapter 7. Paradoxes of Scientific Advice to Politics ""; ""Chapter 8. In Praise of Speculation ""; ""Chapter 9. Social Science and Social Policy at a Crossroads ""; ""Chapter 10. From Science/Policy Interface to Science/Policy/Society Dialogue ""; ""Chapter 11. Improving Procedures for Citizen Participation and Stakeholder Involvement ""
- ""Chapter 12. Scientific Rationality, Public Values and Democracy: The Failure of Genetically Modified Food and Patenting Debates in the United Kingdom """"Chapter 13. Realising the Future: On Collaboration Between Policy Makers and Social Scientists to Facilitate Social Change ""; ""Chapter 14. A Robust Research/Policy Interface: International Migration and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific Region ""; ""Chapter 15. Why are the Social Sciences Left Out of Information Society Policy?""; ""Chapter 16. The IPTS Futures Project: Between Research and Policy ""
- ""Chapter 17. Promoting a Dialogue Between Research and Policy Making: The ETAN Experience """"Chapter 18. Improving Communication Between Social Sciences and Policy ""; ""List of Participants""
