TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spracklen,Karl
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences: Stemming the Tide
SN  - 9781137577917 (ebook:PDF)
U1  - 301 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan UK(Imprint)
KW  - Social sciences-Philosophy
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Social Structure, Social Inequality
N2  - 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 social sciences, arguing that they are a necessary social good capable of fighting inequality and revealing the workings of hegemonic power
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137577917
ER  -