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- Supported by the Academy of Social Sciences
- Champions the importance of the social sciences in our continued understanding of the world
- Contains contributions from leading social scientists at the cutting-edge of their respective fields
- Advocates the pursuit of evidence-based policy through systematic scholarly investigation
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"This book powerfully demonstrates that if some of the planet's most urgent problems are to be solved, then the social sciences are not just necessary but are in fact indispensable. Humanity today needs high-quality social science more than ever - this book brilliantly shows why and how this is so." - David Inglis, University of Exeter, UK
"Eminent social scientists Professors Jonathan Michie and Cary Cooper have drawn together a distinguished group of world experts who document the enormous contributions that the social sciences can offer us all for a healthy, sustainable and peaceful future." - Julian Barling, Queen's School of Business, Canada
"While numbers are at the center of great natural science that can launch rockets, human hearts are the pulse of great social science. Private trouble and personal suffering spill over into the public domain, addressed in the collective ills of this volume. Our great hope is that we can solve these problems that we have created. The solutions lie within this volume and the social sciences." - James Campbell Quick, University of Texas at Arlington, US
'This excellent and thought-provoking book deserves to be widely read by policy-makers as well as by students and others who think about our futures. The book makes great contributions to society.' - Greg Bamber, Monash University, Australia
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Book Title: Why the Social Sciences Matter
Editors: Jonathan Michie, Cary L. Cooper
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137269928
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26990-4Published: 09 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26991-1Published: 09 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26992-8Published: 08 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 197
Topics: Crime and Society, Economic Policy, Migration, Environmental Sociology, Family, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging