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  • Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy

    by S.O. Funtowicz, J.R. Ravetz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    60 -I 137.0~29 ERROR BARS • tONE (1" \ \ \ 4\0 \ \ E \ a. a. \ Z30 \ 137.0388 \ 0 137.0377 \ ~ \ ~20 \ \ 0 to 0 '50 Fig.1. Successive recommended values of the fine-structure constand IX-I (B. N. Taylor et 01., 1969,7) reminder that the value is not fully accepted by colleagues, since they will expect it to jump about for a while longer. Our next example is taken from a recent study in the social ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Science, Philosophy and Sustainability

    The End of the Cartesian dream

    Edited by Angela Guimaraes Pereira, Silvio Funtowicz ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Sustainability and Governance
    For science to remain a legitimate and trustworthy source of knowledge, society will have to engage in the collective processes of knowledge co-production, which not only includes science, but also other types of knowledge. This process of change has to include a new commitment to knowledge creation and transmission and its role in a plural society.This book proposes to consider new ways in which ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    by Kenneth C. Bausch ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In The Emerging Consensus of Social Systems Theory Bausch summarizes the works of over 30 major systemic theorists. He then goes on to show the converging areas of consensus among these out-standing thinkers.Bausch categorizes the social aspects of current systemic thinking as falling into five broadly thematic areas: designing social systems, the structure of the social world, communication, ... Read more

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

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    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Read more

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  • Utopia as Method

    The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society

    by R. Levitas ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Utopia should be understood as a method rather than a goal. This book rehabilitates utopia as a repressed dimension of the sociological and in the process produces the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, a provisional, reflexive and dialogic method for exploring alternative possible futures. ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Experts and Consensus in Social Science

    Edited by Carlo Martini, Marcel Boumans ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book brings together the research of philosophers, sociologists, and social scientists. It examines those areas of scientific practice where reliance on the subjective judgment of experts and practitioners is the main source of useful knowledge to address and possibly, bring solutions to social problems. A common phenomenon in applications of science is that objective evidence does not point ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Generating Images of Stratification

    A Formal Theory

    by Thomas J. Fararo, Kenji Kosaka ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical models in doing so. In more detail:-Self-contained presentation - In respect to the background sociological facts and theoretical ideas and also the formal methods the book ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Crisis Management and Decision Making

    Simulation Oriented Scenarios

    Edited by Uriel Rosenthal, Bert Pijnenburg ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)

    $49.49 USD

  • International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research

    Edited by Paul Smeyers, David Bridges, Nicholas C. Burbules, Morwenna Griffiths ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This handbook focuses on the often neglected dimension of interpretation in educational research. It argues that all educational research is in some sense ‘interpretive’, and that understanding this issue belies some usual dualisms of thought and practice, such as the sharp dichotomy between ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ research. Interpretation extends from the very framing of the research ... Read more

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  • System Dynamics Modeling with R

    by Jim Duggan ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This new interdisciplinary work presents system dynamics as a powerful approach to enable analysts build simulation models of social systems, with a view toward enhancing decision making. Grounded in the feedback perspective of complex systems, the book provides a practical introduction to system dynamics, and covers key concepts such as stocks, flows, and feedback. Societal challenges such as ... Read more

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  • Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences

    Stemming the Tide

    by K. Spracklen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The social sciences have a legitimacy problem in the modern world. The natural sciences are viewed as 'proper science' by journalists and policy-makers because they discover 'truths', make money, and help governments solve problems. In turn, defenders of the social sciences borrow the language of instrumentality, profit and policy impact. Karl Spracklen, by contrast, makes the moral case for the ... Read more

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  • Collected Papers V. Phenomenology and the Social Sciences

    by Alfred Schutz ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book shows how phenomenology of the social sciences differs from positivistic approaches, and presents Schutz's theory of relevances--a key feature of his own phenomenology of the social world. It begins with Schutz's appraisal of how Husserl influenced him, and continues with exchanges between Schutz and Eric Voegelin, Felix Kaufmann, Aron Gurwitsch, and Talcott Parsons. This book presents, ... Read more

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