Exaggerated claims : the ESRC, 50 years on

Exaggerated claims : the ESRC, 50 years on / David Walker.

David Walker, a leading UK journalist, critically explores both the history of and the contemporary challenges faced by the main public funding body for social science in the UK - the ESRC.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walker, David (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Sage Publications Ltd, 2016.
Series:	Sage swifts.
Subjects:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) > Evaluation. Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) Social sciences > Research > Great Britain > Evaluation. Social sciences > Research > Great Britain > Finance. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference. Evaluation Social sciences > Research > Evaluation Social sciences > Research > Finance Great Britain
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Table of Contents:

Exaggerated claims?-front cover; exaggerated claims?; copyright; contents; about the author; preface; chapter 1- introduction; chapter 2- the esrc today; chapter 3- promise and disappointment; chapter 4- reprieve and normalisation; chapter 5- an agent of amelioration; chapter 6- academic capture; chapter 7- cumulative knowledge?; chapter 8- conclusion; references; index.