Social research and policy in the development arena : critical encounters /: critical encounters. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Doornbos.
• Authors: Doornbos, Martin
• Contents: Introduction; 1. The Research-Policy Nexus: Multiple Encounters, Multiple Frictions; 2. Conceptualizing African statehood and legitimacy: shifting positions in the research-politics nexus; 3. A 'Negotiating Statehood' Perspective: Implications for Policy?; 4. Research-led Policy Deliberation in Post-conflict Contexts: Searching to Overcome Institutional Gaps; 5. Complex emergencies, food security and the need for research-based policy responses; 6. The Limits of Independent Policy Research: Analysing the EEC-India Dairy Aid Nexus; with Piet Terhal; 7. Academia-Politics Collisions in the Aftermath of a Coup: a Fijian Encounter; 8. Reconnoitring a Political Microcosm: First Fieldwork in Ankole, Uganda; 9. Researching Development Policy and Politics: A Personal Retrospect and Itinerary; Conclusion: development studies in retrospect.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages), 1 illustration
• Subjects: 338.9; Economic development -- Government policy; Economic development -- Social aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Social research & statistics; Non-governmental organizations (NGOs); Economic development -- Government policy; Economic development -- Social aspects; Political Science and International Relations; Development Theory; African Politics; Development Policy; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Development Studies; Social Policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137548528; 1137548525; 9781137548511; 1137548517; 9781137548535; 1137548533
• Related ISBNs: 9781349572786; 1137548517
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• 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.