Conditions Favoring Major Advances in Social Science

Deutsch, Karl W.; Platt, John R.; Senghaas, Dieter

doi:10.1126/science.171.3970.450

Cited by 87 publications

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“…2. See also Deutsch et al (1971Deutsch et al ( , 1986 on the importance of the research situation for spawning team-work and breakthroughs. 3.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Factors Influencing the Development of Political Science in Canada: A Case and a Model

Trent

1987

International Political Science Review

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Based on a literature review, this study provides an overview of the factors influencing the development of political science in Canada.Inevitably, this approach has a chronological bias, but it has been widened to take account of different perspectives and factors normally considered external to the discipline. The analysis points to episodic rather than linear development and takes account of the interrelationships and variable weights of the social, intellectual, academic, international and economic climates at different times. A model of development is presented which, while limited by its one-country focus, assembles pertinent variables to be tested against experience in other countries and certain considerations relevant to the nurturing of disciplines.

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“…2. See also Deutsch et al (1971Deutsch et al ( , 1986 on the importance of the research situation for spawning team-work and breakthroughs. 3.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Factors Influencing the Development of Political Science in Canada: A Case and a Model

Trent

1987

International Political Science Review

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“…Can the innovation be tried bit by bit or must it be used altogether? Does it 12 appear too complicated? Can the idea be communicated?…”

Section: Meeting Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 96%

Are We Giving Away Our Science and Technology?

Peters

1975

Journal of Business Communication

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Does an open information policy pay off, or does it simply give away technical and scientific advantages of a country? Strong philosophical arguments can be marshalled on either side. Here, for what may be the first time, the author offers empirical evidence that an open information policy pays off in concrete rewards of information. THE JAPANESE BUY 30,200 reports annually from the National Technical Information Service. This is 17 percent of total foreign sales.The Russians buy 7,000 reports for four percent of foreign sales. Foreign sales, in turn, are 19 percent of domestic sales. At the same time, American companies are importing Russian technology in aluminum manufacturing and high-voltage transmission.'In a similar manner, Japanese businessmen serve as economic and technical intelligence agents who scour the open literature for promising leads. They benefit from their business and professional contacts to gain and pass on information.' The effects on competitive American industry and the balance of payments are well known. Harvey Brooks, Dean of Engineering and Applied Physics at Harvard, foresees a future of relative parity in technology between the U.S. and the rest of the world, and this will logically result in an era of heightened competition.3Faced with these problems of balance of payments and greater competition, can the U.S. afford its liberal policies of information dissemination any longer? Are we, in fact, giving away our science and technology without any return? What should our future policy be? Is the open spirit of scientific inquiry in the U.S. and Britain no longer valid? Depending on one's response to these questions, one strategy would be to withdraw behind protective barriers and seek to maintain secrecy over the outflow of information. Another strategy would be to recognize the international nature of world science and technology and continue to participate fully and openly in its development. Imposing arguments can surely be marshalled in defense of cither strategy.

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“…1 Although collaboration seems to occur less frequent within the social sciences, compared to the natural sciences, also in these disciplines a trend towards more collaboration is visible. 2,3 Collaboration can take place occasionally between a few scientists over a short period of time. It can also result in the formation of relatively stable networks of scientists who interact more or less frequently over a longer period of time.…”

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confidence: 99%

Authorship patterns in Dutch sociology

Haan¹

1997

Scientometrics

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This article looks at authorship patterns in Dutch sociology from 1939 to 1987. Results from co-author analysis show an increase in collaboration. Yet, most publications are still written by single authors 9 Network analysis of co-author relations for two seven year intervals and one six year interval distinguished 37 clusters with three or more members. Most clusters could be identified by experts. However, the clusters only partially matched their perception of research networks within Dutch sociology.

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Conditions Favoring Major Advances in Social Science

Cited by 87 publications

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Factors Influencing the Development of Political Science in Canada: A Case and a Model

Factors Influencing the Development of Political Science in Canada: A Case and a Model

Are We Giving Away Our Science and Technology?

Authorship patterns in Dutch sociology

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