TY - BOOK ID - 77892815 TI - Usable social science AU - Smelser, Neil J. AU - Reed, John S. PY - 2012 SN - 1283646331 0520954149 9780520954144 6613958832 9786613958839 9781283646338 9780520273566 0520273567 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social sciences KW - Social science research KW - Research. KW - anthropology. KW - applied social sciences. KW - behavioral economics. KW - books by scientists. KW - books for science lovers. KW - cultural analysis. KW - development of culture. KW - economic development. KW - educational books. KW - home school science books. KW - how humans interact. KW - huma psychology. KW - human analysis. KW - human culture. KW - human philosophy. KW - informative books. KW - learning from experts. KW - learning while reading. KW - nonfiction books. KW - passion books. KW - politics and science. KW - quarantine books. KW - social science research. KW - social science. KW - social theories. KW - sociology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77892815 AB - 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. ER -