Integrating the Sciences and Society: Challenges, Practices, and PotentialsHarriet Hartman Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and mismanaging, the ways in which some of today's most important social problems are handled by the public policy system. The book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe. The papers discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management. It addresses operations and design issues for government organizations. |
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... increase the impact of social science and humanities offerings for this student audience . We have also tried to make a case for the inclusion of live role - playing games in social science project preparation courses . It constitutes a ...
... increase the impact of social science and humanities offerings for this student audience . We have also tried to make a case for the inclusion of live role - playing games in social science project preparation courses . It constitutes a ...
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... increased institutional support for cross- disciplinary efforts , such as this one , the value of the social ... increase the possibility of future collaborations . Despite some worries about difficulties in communication between ...
... increased institutional support for cross- disciplinary efforts , such as this one , the value of the social ... increase the possibility of future collaborations . Despite some worries about difficulties in communication between ...
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... Increase retention : Increasing the percentage of students that are retained from entrance into SEM until graduation Increase retention of underrepresented groups : Increasing retention of multiple underrepresented groups from entrance ...
... Increase retention : Increasing the percentage of students that are retained from entrance into SEM until graduation Increase retention of underrepresented groups : Increasing retention of multiple underrepresented groups from entrance ...
Contents
THE IMPORTANCE | 3 |
COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCIENCE | 17 |
ENGINEERING ETHICS AND STS SUBCULTURES | 51 |
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