Putting ‘Science’ into Social Science: Explanation of High Maori Incarceration in New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Little
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Explanation

A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding [Book Review]

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. [62]-66
Author(s):  
Darrel Caulley
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Philosophy Of Social Science ◽  
Science Explanation

The exclusion of prison informant evidence for unreliability in new Zealand

2021 ◽  
pp. 136571272110112
Author(s):  
Anna High
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Social Science Evidence ◽  
Science Evidence

Prison informant or ‘jailhouse snitch’ evidence is a notoriously unreliable category of evidence. In light of reliability concerns, the New Zealand Supreme Court has adopted a progressive approach to the exclusion of prison informant evidence, centred on greater use of general exclusionary provisions as a threshold of reliability for the admission of suspect evidence. In so doing, the court has shifted the emphasis from deference to the jury as arbiter of ultimate reliability and towards more robust judicial gatekeeping as a safeguard against false testimony. This article critically analyses the New Zealand approach, including by way of comparison with Canada, Australia and England and Wales. The New Zealand approach is presented as a principled and important example of adapting fundamental evidentiary principles and provisions in line with emerging social science evidence. However, in light of the general concerns surrounding this class of evidence, ultimately further safeguards are still needed

Practical Rationality in Social Science Explanation

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-226
Author(s):  
Lansana Keita
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Practical Rationality ◽  
Science Explanation

scholarly journals Recent Aotearoa/New Zealand Social Science Books (2019-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Charles Crothers
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

A listing of social science New Zealand-related books published between 2019 and early 2021 is provided.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
James Young
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
West Texas ◽  
Peking University ◽  
University College London ◽  
The University

International Journal of Social Science Studies (IJSSS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether IJSSS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 6 Abdul Azim Akhtar, Independent Academic & Researcher, Delhi, IndiaAmir Hossain, IBAIS University, BangladeshAnastasia Panagakos, Cosumnes River College, USAAslan,Yasin, Sinop University, TurkeyAyşegül Sili Kalem, Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi, TurkeyChris Gilleard, University College London, UKEnzo Loner, University of Trento, ItalyFroilan Mobo, Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, PhilippinesHenry Poduthas, West Texas A&M University, USAHyejin Lee, Tufts University, MA, USA and Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, USAImran Ali Sandano, Zhejiang University, ChinaJehu Onyekwere Nnaji, University of Naples II, Italy and Globe Visions Network Italy, ItalyJohn Boulard Forkuor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), GhanaMei-Ling Lin, National Open University, TaiwanQingzhi Huan, Peking University, ChinaRemigiusz Kijak, "University of Warsaw", PolandYaghoob Foroutan, The University of Waikato, New Zealand

scholarly journals When is a policy past its use-by date? Differential superannuation payment rates: a case for ongoing monitoring of long-term policies

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharleen Forbes
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Ongoing Monitoring

In 2011 the prime minister’s science advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, drew attention to the need for clear monitoring and evaluation of key policies and programmes in New Zealand, stating: ‘The importance of well evaluated interventions both at the pilot stage and after scale-up is critical, as the costs and implications of inferior science or wrong data leading to policy decisions are immense’, and that ‘excellent social science, if done well, can be immensely valuable. That said, this is an area more than any other where inept science or a scientific vacuum can lead to policy decisions based on dogma and ideology rather than on the knowledge needed to lead to better outcomes’.

Current Issues in Social Science Explanation An Introduction

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Vayda
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Science Explanation

Science to emergency management response

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Woods ◽  
Sara K. McBride ◽  
Liam M. Wotherspoon ◽  
Sarah Beavan ◽  
Sally H. Potter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
The North ◽  
Kaikoura Earthquake ◽  
Significant Effort

The M7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake in 2016 presented a number of challenges to science agencies and institutions throughout New Zealand. The earthquake was complex, with 21 faults rupturing throughout the North Canterbury and Marlborough landscape, generating a localised seven metre tsunami and triggering thousands of landslides. With many areas isolated as a result, it presented science teams with logistical challenges as well as the need to coordinate efforts across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. Many research disciplines, from engineering and geophysics to social science, were heavily involved in the response. Coordinating these disciplines and institutions required significant effort to assist New Zealand during its most complex earthquake yet recorded. This paper explores that effort and acknowledges the successes and lessons learned by the teams involved.

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