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Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power
Lisa Anderson
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Description for Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power
Paperback. Why are politicians often quick to dismiss professors as irrelevant, their undertakings purely 'academic', while scholars often shrink from engagement as agents of social or political change? This book addresses the expansion of American influence in the twentieth century. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
The conditions that shaped the rise and expansion of American social science are rapidly changing, and with them, the terms of its relationship with power and policy. As globalization has diminished the role of the state as the locus of public policy in favor of NGOs, multinational corporations and other private entities, it has raised important questions about the future of the social sciences and their universalist pretensions. As dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Lisa Anderson has a unique vantage point on the intersection of social sciences, particularly political science, and public-policy formation and ... Read more
The conditions that shaped the rise and expansion of American social science are rapidly changing, and with them, the terms of its relationship with power and policy. As globalization has diminished the role of the state as the locus of public policy in favor of NGOs, multinational corporations and other private entities, it has raised important questions about the future of the social sciences and their universalist pretensions. As dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Lisa Anderson has a unique vantage point on the intersection of social sciences, particularly political science, and public-policy formation and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231126076
SKU
V9780231126076
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About Lisa Anderson
Lisa Anderson is dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Reviews for Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power
This book offers a unique perspective on the interplay of the social sciences and public policy and discusses the emerging challenges with the privatization of the public sector and globalization of social sciences. Public Administration Review Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power is an important, argumentative, and highly accessible book that should interest social scientists and public policy practitioners alike...It should be ... Read more