Policy Research as Social Science
Outflanking the Value Dilemma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4903379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Chalip (0000-0002-9080-2570, University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-308 |
| Publication date | 1985-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00357.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022891594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 93 |
Social scientists fear that policy research compromises their objectivity. As a result, policy science is becoming a separate discipline which is accorded lower status that other fields of social inquiry. However, the history, sociology and psychology of science show that the elaboration of robust social theory would be aided by a more intimate relation between policy research and academic social science than currently obtains. The traditional canons of value freedom, which have been invoked to justify the independence of social science from policy, misrepresent the relation between facts and values in science. Objective knowledge is consequent on dispute and triangulation by a many-valued community of fallible social scientists; but it does not eventuate from consensual value neutralism. Social knowledge interacts with social values to change phenomena our theories represent. This self-restructuring characteristic of social events warrants singular attention by social scientists. Policy researchers are in a particularly opportune position to provide that attention
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2015 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |