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Social research and social reform : essays in honour of A.H. Halsey
- Title
- Social research and social reform : essays in honour of A.H. Halsey / edited by Colin Crouch and Anthony Heath.
- Publication
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HM48 .S566 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 401 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- In the face of current scepticism about the effectiveness of social research this book provides a reassessment of its influence and suggests new ways in which its relationship to social reform should be viewed.
- Subject
- Halsey, A. H
- Sociology > Research
- Social problems
- Social service
- Education and state > Great Britain
- Social policy
- Social Problems
- Social Work
- Public Policy
- social issues
- public policy
- Social policy
- Education and state
- Social problems
- Social service
- Sociology > Research
- Sozialarbeit
- Sozialpolitik
- Sozialreform
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Soziologie
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Social problems > Great Britain
- Social service > Great Britain
- Sociology > Research > Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-386) and index.
- Contents
- Canon Barnett : ethical socialist / Julia Parker -- Conceptions of social work / Juliet Cheetham -- Citizenship and community in British political debate / Colin Crouch -- Social movements and disordered bodies : the reform of birth, sex, drink, and death in Britain since 1850 / Rory Williams -- Government against poverty in the European Community / Graham Room -- School history and school effectiveness in Scotland / Andrew McPherson and J. Douglas Willms -- Government policies and higher education : a comparison of Britain and the United States, 1630-1860 / Sheldon Rothblatt and Martin Trow -- Towards meritocracy? : recent evidence on an old problem / Anthony Heath, Colin Mills, and Jane Roberts -- From social research to educational policy : 10/65 to the Education Reform Act 1988 / George Smith and Teresa Smith -- Women's studies : theory or practice? / Ann Oakley.
- Beyond the 'mixed model' : social research and the case for reform of 16-18 education in Britain / David Raffe -- Active labour-market policy : its content, effectiveness, and odd relation to evaluation research / Harold L. Wilensky.
- ISBN
- 0198278543
- 9780198278542
- LCCN
- 92005581
- OCLC
- ocm25632168
- 25632168
- SCSB-1972344
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library