Public engagement and social science
Stella Maile and David Griffiths
Abstract
This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic responses to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education. The book is organised in three parts: the first encourages the reader to reflect upon the different social and political inflections of public engagement and offers one university example of a social science café in Bristol. The following sections are based upon talks given in the café and are linked by a concern with ... More
This original edited collection explores the value of public engagement in a wider social science context. Its main themes range from the dialogic character of social science to the pragmatic responses to the managerial policies underpinning the restructuring of Higher Education. The book is organised in three parts: the first encourages the reader to reflect upon the different social and political inflections of public engagement and offers one university example of a social science café in Bristol. The following sections are based upon talks given in the café and are linked by a concern with public engagement and the contribution of social science to a reflexive understanding of the dilemmas and practices of daily life. This highly topical book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students interested in critical social issues as they impact on their everyday lives.
Keywords:
public engagement,
social science,
reflexive understanding,
academics,
practitioners,
students,
social issues
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447306863 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2015 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447306863.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Stella Maile, editor
University of the West of England
David Griffiths, editor
The Open University
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