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Interactive social sciences: Patronage or partnership?

Interactive social sciences: Patronage or partnership?
Interactive social sciences: Patronage or partnership?
The discipline of social work has existed in universities for most of this century, and arrangements for professional education require academics to interact with policy makers and practitioners in a variety of ways, but that very interaction has created uncertain conditions for social work in the academy.
Drawing on a piece of interdisciplinary/interactive research, this paper argues that the opportunities for social scientists to be interactive has never been greater, and that interactivity should involve service users and citizens. However, such a claim can lead to accusations of research as patronising and oppressive because of lack of attention to the distribution of power. It concludes that developments in methodology offer potential for effective interactivity.
0302-3427
211-219
Orme, J.
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Orme, J.
5887d57b-4ac7-4139-a8ae-95f2e1f04171

Orme, J. (2000) Interactive social sciences: Patronage or partnership? Science and Public Policy, 27 (3), 211-219.

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The discipline of social work has existed in universities for most of this century, and arrangements for professional education require academics to interact with policy makers and practitioners in a variety of ways, but that very interaction has created uncertain conditions for social work in the academy.
Drawing on a piece of interdisciplinary/interactive research, this paper argues that the opportunities for social scientists to be interactive has never been greater, and that interactivity should involve service users and citizens. However, such a claim can lead to accusations of research as patronising and oppressive because of lack of attention to the distribution of power. It concludes that developments in methodology offer potential for effective interactivity.

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Published date: 2000

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Local EPrints ID: 33616
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33616
ISSN: 0302-3427
PURE UUID: 4edd3ed0-406b-4497-b2f0-90758318bfd7

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Date deposited: 20 Jul 2006
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 18:56

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Author: J. Orme

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