Synopses & Reviews
This collection oforiginal essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracies. The comparative approach of the book provides the basis for broader generalization about the linkages between social science and social scientists on the one hand, and the modern state and political power on the other. The essays examine the ways in which social scientists participate in the policymaking process, look at the uses made of ideas generated by social scientific research, and discuss the factors contributing to change in the relationship of social scientists to power and to the state.
About the Author
STEPHEN BROOKS is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor, Canada.ALAIN G. GAGNON is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Influence of Social Scientists on Public Policy
Social Scientists and Policy
The Third Community, Policy Inquiry, and Social Scientists
Policy Paradigms, Experts and the State: The Case of Macroeconomic Policy-Making in Britain
The Market for Social Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Free Trade in Canada
Knowledge, Power, and the State
The Uneasy Partnership Endures: Social Science and Government
Social Science and State Developments: The Structuration of Discourse in the Social Sciences
Knowledge, Power, and Policy: Reflections on Foucault
Background Reading: The Crisis of Policy Sciences
Bibliography
Index