Author: Crouch, Colin & Heath, Anthony; editors:
Title: Social Research and Social Reform: Essays in Honour of A.H. Halsey
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. 22x14cm, xviii, 401 pp, A small dent to head of spine.. Textual tables. Rubbed. Some light corner bumps. Some page-edge soil. VG, dustwr ¶ Contains 12 papers. Includes: J. Parker "Canon Barnett: Ethical Socialist";J. Cheetham "Conceptions of Social Work"; C. Crouch "Citizenship & Community in British Political Debate"; R. Williams "Social Movements & Disordered Bodies: The Reform of Birth, Sex, Drink, & Death in Britain since 1850"; G. Room "Government Against Poverty in the European Community"; A. McPherson & J.D. Willms "School History & School Effectiveness in Scotland"; S. Rothblatt & M. Trow "Government Policies & Higher Education: A Comparison of Britain & the United States, 1630-1860"; A. Heath; et al: "Towards Meritocracy? Recent Evidence on an Old Problem"; G. Smith & T. Smith "From Social Research to Educational Policy: 10/65 to the Education Reform Act 1988"; A. Oakley "Women's Studies: Theory or Practice?"; D. Raffe "Beyond the 'Mixed Model': Social Research & the Case for Reform of 16-18 Education in Britain"; H.L. Wilensky "Active Labour-Market Policy: Its Content; Effectiveness, & Odd Relation to Evaluation Research".

Keywords: British Sociology, Great Britain, Social Research, Educational Reform, Government Policy, , , ,