The impact of the social sciences : how academics and their research make a difference /: how academics and their research make a difference. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Bastow, Patrick Dunleavy, Jane Tinkler ; with involvement from Raphaëlle Bisiaux [and eight others].
• Authors: Bastow, Simon, 1972-; Dunleavy, Patrick; Tinkler, Jane
• Contents: COVER; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The social sciences in modern research; PART I: How Academics Achieve External Impacts; 2. Social scientists' pathways to impact; 3. Modelling the determinants of social science impacts; 4. Comparing individuals' impacts; PART II: The Demand for Social Science Research; 5. Business and the corporate sector; 6. Government and public policy making; 7. Civil society organizations and the third sector; 8. The media and public engagement; PART III: Patterns of Knowledge and Impacts; 9. The dynamic knowledge inventory and research mediation10. Social science for a digital era; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Sociale wetenschappen; Social sciences -- Research; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473921511; 1473921511; 1306462843; 9781306462846; 9781446297131; 1446297136
• Related ISBNs: 9781446275092; 1446275094; 9781446275108; 1446275108
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.