Essays on the history of British sociological research / edited by Martin Bulmer.
"Throughout the world since the 1970s, state and public sector reform has been driven by a conservative agenda that emphasizes words such as "streamlining," "trimming the fat," and "rationalization." Australia has been no exception, and in this book Michael Pusey u...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Summary: | "Throughout the world since the 1970s, state and public sector reform has been driven by a conservative agenda that emphasizes words such as "streamlining," "trimming the fat," and "rationalization." Australia has been no exception, and in this book Michael Pusey undertakes a detailed analysis of the top bureaucrats in Canberra who have been responsible for this recasting of national policy. His study, based on more than 200 interviews with members of Canberra's elite Senior Executive Service, leads the author to conclude that economic rationalist views dominate each of the key ministries, and have altered the traditional balance among the economy, the state, and society. Although once unique for its brand of social democracy, the primacy of Australia's political and social orders has been eroded by the new dominance of the economy, which is perceived by these bureaucrats as being an autonomous and objective entity. Dr. Pusey argues that these dislocations will change the very integrity and destiny of the nation.; ; ; RECORD: .b23633360; URL: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/84011371.html; HTML TOC:; ; ; ; Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 84011371; ; ; ; ; ; Publisher description for Essays on the history of British sociological research / edited by Martin Bulmer.; ; ; Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog; Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding.; This book traces the history of British sociology and empirical social research over the last hundred years. Its coverage includes the census of population, the classic poverty surveys of Booth and Rowntree, the slow growth of social science between the wars, Mass-Observation, the rise of the Government Social Survey, the establishment of academic sociology after 1945 outside Oxford and Cambridge, and independent initiatives such as the foundation of the Institute of Community Studies. A concluding section considers the uses made of British sociology, the place of the citizen as the subject of research, social surveys for policy-making, and the sucess of social science in predicting the future. These essays reflect the interests of the distinguished British sociologist, the late Philip Abrams. In addition to him the contributors include a number of distinguished sociologists such as A/H. Halsey, Hannan C. Selvin, Edward Shils, Peter Townsend, and Peter Willmott as well as several well-known younger scholars."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511557876 9780511557873 0521274842 9780521274845 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511557873 |