OECD proceedings the social sciences at a turning point? / OECD [electronic resource] :

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Dates of the Conference: 6 - 8 October 1999

Paris : OECD 1999

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How can the social and behavioural sciences contribute more effectively to solving the problems of society? Authoritative experts and policy makers examine the current state and status of the social sciences and present their views on what needs to be done. The authors, who represent OECD countries with diverse traditions and experience, discuss in particular the need to restructure social sciences, to better link them to policy making, to strengthen related basic research, to take advantage of progress made in information technologies for large-scale surveys and data storage, etc. Illustrative developments concern youth and urban problems, education reforms, immigration and environmental policies.
This reports brings together contributions presented at a Workshop organised by the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, held at the OECD headquarters in Paris on 20 April 1998. The Workshop was attended by high-level experts and policy makers from most OECD countries. The main conclusions of the papers and subsequent discussions are presented in the Introduction.

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