1. Social research — the emergence of a discipline?
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Williams, Malcolm
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SOCIAL science research , *SOCIOLOGY , *SOCIAL policy , *POLITICAL science , *RESEARCH methodology , *RESEARCH , *CURRICULUM , *COLLEGE curriculum , *EDUCATION research - Abstract
This paper advances the conjecture that Social Research is becoming a discipline in its own right, independent of substantive disciplines such as sociology, social policy or political science. In the first part of the paper I briefly examine the historical foundations of research and the factors that led to its growth in the last two decades. In the second part of the paper I discuss the implications arising from an increased demand for methods training, in particular the potential impact of autonomous degrees and pathways in Social Research on traditional social science disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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