Public Engagement and Social Science /

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

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 organis...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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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

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