World Social Science Report 2010

Author : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789231041310

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World Social Science Report 2010 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Pdf

Social science from Western countries continues to have the greatest global influence, but the field is expanding rapidly in Asia and Latin America, particularly in China and Brazil. In sub-Saharan Africa, social scientists from South Africa, Nigeria andKenya produce 75% of academic publications. In South Asia, barring some centres of excellence in India, social sciences as a whole have low priority. These are a few of the findings from World Social Science Report, 2010: Knowledge divides. Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and co-published with UNESCO, the Report is the first comprehensive overview of the field in over a decade. Hundreds of social scientists from around the world contributed their expertise to the publication. Gudmund Hernes, President of the ISSC, Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Hebe Vessuri, Director, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), and François Héran, Director of Research, National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), France, are among the experts who presented the Report during its official launch at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 25 June 2010.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:847891422

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World social science report, 2010 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social sciences
ISBN : OCLC:1197642247

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World Social Science Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : UNESCO,ISSC
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789231042546

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World Social Science Report 2013 by UNESCO,ISSC Pdf

Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and UNESCO, and published by the OECD, the 2013 World Social Science Report represents a comprehensive overview of the field gathering the thoughts and expertise of hundreds of social scientists from around the world. This edition focuses on the transformative role of the social sciences in confronting climate and broader processes of environmental change, and in addressing priority problems from energy and water, biodiversity and land use, to urbanisation, migration and education. The report includes 100 articles written by 150 authors from 41 countries all over the world. Authors represent some 24 disciplines, mainly in the social sciences. The contributions highlight the central importance of social science knowledge for environmental change research, as a means of understanding changing environments in terms of social processes and as framework for finding concrete solutions towards sustainability.

Author : International Social Science Council,United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264203419

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World Social Science Report 2013 Changing Global Environments by International Social Science Council,United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Pdf

This book represents a comprehensive overview of the field gathering the thoughts and expertise of hundreds of social scientists from around the world. This edition focuses on the transformative role of the social sciences in confronting climate and broader processes of environmental change.

Author : UNESCO,International Social Science Council,University of Sussex (UK). Institute of Development Studies
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231001642

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World social science report, 2016 by UNESCO,International Social Science Council,University of Sussex (UK). Institute of Development Studies Pdf

The Report--launched on 22 September at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm--highlights significant gaps in social science data about inequalities in different parts of the world and, to support progress towards more inclusive societies, calls for more robust research into the links between economic inequalities and disparities in areas such as gender, education and health.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821379887

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World Development Report 2010 by World Bank Pdf

In the crowded field of climate change reports, 'WDR 2010' uniquely: emphasizes development; takes an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation; highlights opportunities in the changing competitive landscape; and proposes policy solutions grounded in analytic work and in the context of the political economy of reform.

Author : Michael Kuhn,Hebe Vessuri
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783838268934

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The Global Social Sciences by Michael Kuhn,Hebe Vessuri Pdf

The European social sciences tend to absorb criticism of their approach and re-label it as a part of what the critique opposes; thus criticism of European social sciences by subaltern social sciences, their 'talking back,' has become a frequent line of reflection. The relabeling of the critique of the European approach as a critique from ‘Southern’ social sciences of ‘Western’ social sciences has in effect turned ‘Southern’ as well as ‘Western’ social sciences into competing contributors to the same ‘globalizing’ social sciences. Both are no longer arguing about the European approach to social sciences but about which social thought from which part of the globe should prevail. If the critique becomes a part of what it opposes, one might conclude that the European social sciences are very adaptable and capable of learning. One might, however, also raise the question whether there is anything wrong with the criticism of the European social sciences, or, for that matter, whether there is anything wrong with the European social sciences themselves. The contributions in this book discuss these questions from different angles: They revisit the mainstream critique of the European social sciences, and they suggest new arguments criticizing social science theories that may be found as often in the ‘Western’ as in the ‘Southern’ discourse.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309254090

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Aging in Asia by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia Pdf

The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia's population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to increase to about 5.9 billion by 2050. Rapid declines in fertility, together with rising life expectancy, are altering the age structure of the population so that in 2050, for the first time in history, there will be roughly as many people in Asia over the age of 65 as under the age of 15. It is against this backdrop that the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) asked the National Research Council (NRC), through the Committee on Population, to undertake a project on advancing behavioral and social research on aging in Asia. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives is a peer-reviewed collection of papers from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand that were presented at two conferences organized in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Indonesian Academy of Sciences, and Science Council of Japan; the first conference was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and the second conference was hosted by the Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi. The papers in the volume highlight the contributions from new and emerging data initiatives in the region and cover subject areas such as economic growth, labor markets, and consumption; family roles and responsibilities; and labor markets and consumption.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social sciences
ISBN : UCR:31210022831679

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World Social Science Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789210043670

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World Social Report 2020 by Department of Economic and Social Affairs Pdf

This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The analysis pays particular attention to poverty and labour market trends, as they mediate the distributional impacts of the major trends selected. It also provides policy recommendations to manage these megatrends in an equitable manner and considers the policy implications, so as to reduce inequalities and support their implementation.

Author : Georgios Papanagnou
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231042263

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Social Science and Policy Challenges by Georgios Papanagnou Pdf

Producing scientific knowledge that can inform solutions and guide policy-making is one of the most important functions of social science. Nonetheless, if social science is to become more relevant and influential so as to impact on the drawing and execution of policy, certain measures need to be taken to narrow its distance from the policy sphere. This decision is less obvious than it seems. Both research and experience have proved that policy-making is a complex, often sub-rational, interactive process that involves a wide range of actors such as decision makers, bureaucrats, researchers, organized interests, citizen and civil society representatives and research brokers. In addition, social science often needs to defend both its relevance to policy and its own scientific status. Moving away from instrumental visions of the link between social research and policy, this collective volume aims to highlight the more constructed nature of the use of social knowledge.

Author : R. K. Mishra,Jayasree Raveendran,K. N. Jehangir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317408925

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Social Science Research in India and the World by R. K. Mishra,Jayasree Raveendran,K. N. Jehangir Pdf

A unique and comprehensive study on social science research, this book highlights the status, issues, roadblocks and challenges of the field in India and certain select nations of the world. It conducts key cross-comparisons with existing literature in the area, and discusses aid policies and decisions, funding dynamics and quality of research as well as assessment systems in social science research.

Author : Rickard Danell,Anna Larsson,Per Wisselgren
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789187351051

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Social Science in Context by Rickard Danell,Anna Larsson,Per Wisselgren Pdf

One of the very first books to explore the role of the social sciences in historical, sociological, and global perspectives, it does so by analyzing the practical making and discursive aspects of social scientific disciplines, including sociology, economics, psychology, business and administration studies, social gerontology, gender studies, educational science, geography, and political science. It looks at them not only in their academic setting but also in extra-academic contexts and in a broader global setting. The volume includes 15 chapters written by an international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The overall aim of the book is to encourage a contextual and reflexive understanding of the complex and dynamic relationship between the social sciences and society of the past and in today's globalized world. It is concerned with the bonds between the social sciences and society at large, including themes such as gender and power, science and politics, academic boundaries and global power relations, and postcolonial perspectives.

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124

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Social Science Research by Anol Bhattacherjee Pdf

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.