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Synopsis

The politics and practice of social research nowadays amount more to a form of business activity, than to a scholarly pursuit. This collection of specially commissioned papers offers an unrivalled introduction to the realities and pitfalls of undertaking funded research, with reference to a kaleidescopic range of projects and forms of project management.

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À propos de l'auteur

Catherine Jones Finer is Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College Oxford, Reader in Comparative Social Policy (retired) at the University of Birmingham, and editor of special and regional isues of Social Policy and Administration.

Gillian Lewando-Hundt is Professor of Social Sciences in Health in the School of Health and Social Studies at the University of Warwick. Her current research interests are in the fields of sociology of health, medical anthropology, social policy and public health. She currently conducting reseach in Kenya, South Africa, the Middle East and England. She is the founding Director of a multidisciplinary Institute of Health within the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Warwick.

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