Author: BULMER, Martin ed.
Title: Social Research and Royal Commissions.
Description: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Hardcover. Small tear to dj, o/wise good condition. Aims "...to provide a critical analysis of the impact of research on [public social] policy through the detailed examination of the part which research played in the work of Royal Commissions and Departmental Commitees of Inquiry." Considers ten case studies including: the Redcliffe-Maud Commission on Local Government, the Seebohm Committee on the Personal Social Services, the Roskill Commission on the Third London Airport, the McGregor Royal Commission on the Press etc. Scarce. 198pp. ISBN 0-04-351055-8.

Keywords: history social politcal politics historical 20th century state britain british united kingdom government state policy public royal commissions research political science