Real Social Science Applied Phronesis [Paperback]

A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.Real Social Science is a major development in a novel and thriving field of research. Presenting a range of examples of a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry, this book will be required reading for students and academics across the social sciences who want to make a difference in practice.Real Social Science is a major development in a novel and thriving field of research. Presenting a range of examples of a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry, this book will be required reading for students and academics across the social sciences who want to make a difference in practice.Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social sciences, and this volume gives readers for the first time a set of studies exemplifying what applied phronesis looks like in practice. The reflexive analysis of values and power gives new meaning to the impact of research on policy and practice. Real Social Science is a major step forward in a novel and thriving field of research. This book will benefit scholars, researchers and students who want to make a difference in practice, not just in the academy. Its message will make it essential reading for students and academics across the social sciences.1. Introduction: new directions in social science Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman and Sanford Schram; 2. Phronetic social science: an idea whose time has come Sanford Schram; 3. Phronesis and narrative analysis Todd Landman; 4. The feel for power games: everyday phronesis and social theory Arthur W. Frank; 5. Phronesis, projects and power research Stewart R. Clegg and Tyrone S. Pitsis; 6. Why mass media matter, and how to work with them: phronesis and megaprojects Bent Flyvbjerg; 7. Power and conflict in collaboral6