Public Engagement and Social Science / / ed. by Stella Maile, David Griffiths.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Aciro, Grace,; Addicott, Bethany,; Adlam, John,; Arfsarpour, Laylee,; Clark, Tansy,; Clement, Matthew,; Cummins, Anne-Marie,; Fitt, Joe,; Fletcher, Samantha,; Griffiths, David,; Hoggett, Paul,; Hunt, Steve,; Kimberlee, Richard,; Leonard, Georgia,; Maile, Stella,; McCartan, Kieran,; McKenzie, Nikki,; Means, Robin,; Nash, Michael,; Radix, Amanda,; Scanlon, Christopher,; Thomas, Jem,; Wilkinson, Hen,; Wilson, Annabelle,
• HerausgeberIn: Griffiths, David,; Maile, Stella,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- The meaning of public engagement -- Introduction to Part One -- Café scientifique and the art of engaging publics -- Social Science in the City™: reflections on public engagement -- Public engagement in practice -- Introduction to Part Two -- ‘Grab and go’: some sociological musings on the 2011 ‘disturbances’ -- 1976 – the moral necessity of austerity -- The Occupy movement -- ‘Brave new world’: how will the government respond to the social care challenge of an ageing population? -- Road wars: contesting paradigms of road safety, public space and well-being -- Restorative justice, community action and public protection -- Chew ’em up or throw ’em up? Disorganised responses to interpersonal(ity) disorder and social disease -- Resilience -- Applying Social Science in the City™ and beyond -- Introduction to Part Three -- Social science and severely troubled children – working in partnership, working in and on relationship -- The professional impact of Social Science in the City™ -- Sharing worlds: managing complex community relationships in challenging times -- Talking about personal experience and its relationship to social inequality across the generations -- Social research, community engagement and learning through partnerships: a collaborative project -- A student’s reflections on engaging in social science -- Conclusions: Managing public engagement -- Index