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| Other authors / contributors: | Reed, John S. (John Shepard), 1939- author.
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| ISBN: | 9780520954144
0520954149
6613958832
9786613958839
1283646331
9781283646338
9780520273566
0520273567
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-409) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicate its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making. Among the areas presented are space-and-time coordinates of social life; cognition and bias; group and network effects; the role of sanctions; organizational dynamics; and macro-changes associated with economic development. Finally, the authors look at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge."--
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| Other form: | Print version: Smelser, Neil J. Usable social science. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012 9780520273566
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| Standard no.: | 10.1525/9780520954144
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