Why the social sciences matter / 
edited by Jonathan Michie and Cary L. Cooper. 
 - x, 197 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Introduction and Overview /  Social Science, Parenting and Child Development /  Health and Wellbeing /  Climate Change and Society /  Waste, Resource Recovery and Labour: Recycling Economies in the EU /  Poverty and Inequality /  The Economy, Financial Stability and Sustainable Growth /  Food Security, Rural Life and the Fate of Agriculture /  Numbers and Questions: The Contribution of Social Science to Understanding the Family, Marriage, and Divorce /  Crime, Policing and Compliance with the Law /  Understanding the Arab Spring /  International Migration /  Howard Newby --  Jonathan Michie, Cary L Cooper --  Pasco Fearon, Chloe Campbell, Lynne Murray --  James Campbell Quick, Robert J Gatchel, Cary L Cooper --  John Urry --  Nicky Gregson, Mike Crang --  Rod Hick --  Jonathan Michie --  Camilla Toulmin --  Mavis Maclean and Ceridwen Roberts --  Mike Hough --  Stuart Croft, Oz Hassan --  Cathy McIlwaine.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11. 
<br/><br/> "Today's society is on the brink of new possibilities, yet it is also beset with challenges and problems. Banks are in trouble. Climate change threatens. The population is increasingly elderly. New health technologies pose new ethical questions. Globalization has changed the way we live. Public issues and private troubles are as interlaced as ever. And, big or small, problems need solutions based on accurate and suitable information, and on a proper understanding of the issues involved. This volume, consisting of specially-commissioned essays on topics of prime concern by leading social scientists at the cutting-edge of their respective research fields, takes a considered look at a range of problems facing society today, and considers possible solutions. It illuminates why a social scientific understanding gives us a grasp on a topic that would not be provided by those working in the fields of science, humanities or the arts; in other words, this book makes plain what is distinctive and thus invaluable about a social science perspective. Social scientists may be forgiven for being troubled by UK trends in funding undergraduate training and the 'impact' agenda in research. This volume, with the support of the Academy of Social Sciences, is timely in not only analysing pressing problems, but also helping make the case regarding the indispensability of the social sciences, and the rigour which the social sciences can inspire in our understanding of the world."--Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1137269901 9781137269904 113726991X 9781137269911 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014028725 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences.<br/>Social sciences--Great Britain<br/>Social problems.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H61  / .W525 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300