scholarly journals Canadian Institutes in the Humanities and Social Sciences

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Audrey Forster ◽  
John McKinnirey
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences

This paper discusses the effectiveness and ultimate value of the growing number of research institutes in the humanities and social sciences. It looks at the different types in existence and their geographic distribution. It considers the motivation for and obstacles to establishing research institutes, points to the difficulties involved in their funding and operation and outlines arguments put forward by their proponents. Illustrated with examples are different objectives and functions of various kinds of institutes, their organizational structure and their relationship to the universities. The Max-Planck Institutes in Germany and Institutes of the Social Science Research Council in Britain are described. The paper concludes with a sketch of three fundamental types of institute, each with its own rationale: the academic Utopia, the small-scale institute for research in the humanities and the problem-solving or mission-oriented institute.

The Validity of Field Data

1954 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vidich ◽  
J. Bensman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Professional Journals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science Research Council

Scattered through the professional journals in fields commonly included in the social sciences—sociology, anthropology, social psychology, personality, public opinion—there is found an increasing concern with the reliability and validity of information secured for social science analysis. Much of this interest stems from or was stimulated by the now classical Social Science Research Council Bulletins on the use of personal documents, or by work being done simultaneously in England.

scholarly journals Abrir las ciencias sociales

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immanuel Wallerstein ◽  
Fernando Cubides (Traductor)
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Social Science Research Council ◽  
The Social ◽  
Immanuel Wallerstein ◽  
Science Research Council ◽  
Fernand Braudel

Las páginas siguientes constituyen el registro de las palabras pronunciadas por Immanuel Wallerstein el 24 de octubre de 1995 en la Social Science Research Council de Nueva York. Su objetivo era la presentación del volumen Open the Social Sciences, un informe sobre la reestructuración de las ciencias sociales auspiciado por la Comisión Gulbenkian. Wallerstein es profesor de la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York en Binghamton y tiene a su cargo la dirección del Centro Fernand Braudel dedicado al estudio de la economía, las civilizaciones y los sistemas históricos. La editorial siglo XXI de México ha difundido en español los dos primeros volúmenes de su extensa obra El moderno sistema mundial, que acaba de ser escogido por la revista Contemporary Sociology como uno de los diez libros de ciencias sociales más influyentes en los últimos 25 años. El libro desarrolla la teoría de la economíamundo, un influyente y ambicioso marco de referencia de la sociología histórica norteamericana que estudia el impacto del capitalismo en la civilización moderna, El texto de esta presentación apareció originalmente en Items, el boletín del Social Scíence Research Council (vol, 50:1, marzo de 1996).G.C.

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