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Indian Council of Social Science Research

Problems in Social Science Research : The Case of Political Science in India* Sita Radhakrishnan** In a broad sense, social science may be denned as the application of the scientific viewpoint and the scientific method in the understanding ...
The Globalization of Higher Education

The Globalization of Higher Education

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... Industrial Research (CSIR), the Department of Atomic Energy, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Indian Council ofSocial Science Research (ICSSR). Thebifurcation of research from teaching andthe inbreeding of ...
Banking on Knowledge: The Genesis of the Global Development ...

Banking on Knowledge: The Genesis of the Global Development ...

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... the National Council ofApplied Economic Research (NCAER; 1956), the Institute of Economic Growth (1958) and the Centre for the Study ofDeveloping Societies (1963). The Indian Council ofSocial Science Research (ICSSR) was set up in ...
The Rise of Indian Multinationals: Perspectives on Indian ...

The Rise of Indian Multinationals: Perspectives on Indian ...

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Supported jointlyby the Gujarat government andthe governmentof Indiathroughthe Indian Council ofSocial Science Research,itsgeographical focus ofresearch encompasses development issues of local, regional, national, and global ...
Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia

Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia

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Currently, Indian Council ofSocial Science Research (ICSSR) hasawarded him Senior Research Fellowship to studythe land issues inKerala. He has published eight books and twenty research articles, including thelatest edited book ...
Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and ...

Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and ...

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She has received the Indian Council ofSocial Science Research Teacher Fellowship Award. Her important works include Economic Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation: Social Sector Expenditures and Centre State Relations (2000 ), ...
Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice

Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice

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... Planning Commission, Finance Commission, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Indian Council ofSocial Science Research, Commonwealth Secretariat, International Civil Service Consortium, State Bureaus of Public Enterprises, ...
Mathematics and Science Education Around the World: What Can ...

Mathematics and Science Education Around the World: What Can ...

National Research Council

... Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Mathematical Sciences Education Board, Board on Science Education, Mathematical Sciences Education Board and Committee on Science Education K -12.
Peasants' Movements in Post-Colonial India

Peasants' Movements in Post-Colonial India

Debal K Singharoy

A large part ofthe data for this book was collected during a research project sponsored by the Indian Council ofSocial Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. Iwish to thank them for their kind gesture and sponsorship. Debal K. SinghaRoy u  ...
Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences

Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences

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Photograph by Leslie Main Johnson (research funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Boreal Area Research Grant). Insets: “Reindeer moss” or “white moss” (Cladina spp.) ...
English maps: a history

English maps: a history

Catherine Delano-Smith

143; Roger j. P. Kain and Richard R. Oliver, 'Government-sponsored, large-scale mapping of England and Wales before the Ordnance Survey', a research project funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council. A monograph ...
Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence

Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence

National Research Council

The Evidence National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices Kathleen Frydl, Wesley Skogan.
Scientific Research in British Universities and Colleges: ...

Scientific Research in British Universities and Colleges: ...

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East Anglia University (continued) SCHOOL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ( continued) P. M. Blaikie, Ph.D. Family ... farm enterprises in Great Britain (1969- 73; Social Science Research Council) Tourism and recreation in Scotland (1972- 74; ...
Evaluating social science research

Evaluating social science research

Paul C. Stern

The second edition of Evaluating Social Science Research provides methods for thinking critically about claims of factual knowledge and drawing appropriate conclusions.The authors have added new sections to the book to reflect the new ...
Social Research: An Introduction

Social Research: An Introduction

Matthew David

Designed for social science students with no previous experience, this book provides a balanced foundation in the principles and practices of social research.
Audio visual methods in social research

Audio visual methods in social research

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This book provides unprecedented opportunities for social science research, enabling the fine-grained analysis of social organization, culture, and communication.
Learning Science Through Computer Games and Simulations

Learning Science Through Computer Games and Simulations

National Research Council

The book also identifies the areas in which more research and research-based development is needed to fully capitalize on this potential.
Parenting Beliefs, Behaviors, and Parent-Child Relations: A ...

Parenting Beliefs, Behaviors, and Parent-Child Relations: A ...

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New Delhi:Indian Council ofSocial Science Research. Kaur, S. (2003). Abuseamong rural adolescents: Incidence, causes and to Panjab practices. Doctor of Philosophy thesis submitted University, Chandigarh. Kaushik, S. (1991) . Singleparent ...
Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the ...

Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the ...

National Research Council

... Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law Steven Kendall, Anne-Marie Mazza, Stephanie Joyce.
Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News

Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News

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Madras, 18th November, q Preparations. in connection with the election to the Legislative Council assembly and Council ... quarter for the Legislative Assembly the voters in the Presidency number over two lakhs 62,000, and for the Council of State nearly 2,300. ... Mr. RahimtullaH Currimbhoy has also been returned unopposed to the Indian Legislative Assembly by the Bombay Mill Owners' Association.
Interdisciplinary Research : Case Studies from Health and ...

Interdisciplinary Research : Case Studies from Health and ...

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Medicine—Research. 2. Social sciences—Research. 3. Interdisciplinary research . I. Kessel, Frank S. II. Rosenfield, Patricia L. III. Anderson, Norman B. IV. Expanding the boundaries of health and social science. [DNLM: 1. Health Occupations.
Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader

Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research was supported by a grant from the University of Calgary Research Grants Committee to Penny M. Pexman, a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) postgraduate ...
Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional ...

Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional ...

National Research Council

Proceedings of a U.S.- Japan Workshop National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Mathematical Sciences Education Board, Board on International Scientific Organizations, ...
New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

National Research Council

... in Healthy Aging” Maxine Weinstein, Dana A. Glei, and Noreen Goldman 12 Social Genomics andtheLife Course: Opportunities and Challenges for Multilevel Population Research MichaelJ. Shanahan 13 The Challenge of Social Genomics :
Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis

Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis

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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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal

American Indian Culture and Research Journal

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See, for example: Joan Ablon, "Relocated American Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area: Social Interaction and Indian Identity," Human Organization 23:4 (1964 ): 296-304; Diana Meyers Bahr, From Mission to Metropolis: Cupeno Indian ...
Methods of Social Research: Pergamon International Library ...

Methods of Social Research: Pergamon International Library ...

Margaret Stacey

Methods of Social Research provides an introduction to the procedures of social research. This book shows that sample surveys are only one approach among many of undertaking social research.
Embedding Questions: The Pursuit of a Common Measure in ...

Embedding Questions: The Pursuit of a Common Measure in ...

National Research Council

DANIEL M. KORETZ (Chair) is a professor of educational research, measurement , and evaluation at Boston College and a senior social scientist at RAND Education in Washington, DC. His research focuses on educational assessment and ...
Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research Into Homosexuality

Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research Into Homosexuality

Former Associate Professor Simon LeVay, Ph.D.

What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual? And who cares? These are the twin themes of Queer Science, a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation.

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