Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy

This paper contributes to an on-going conversation between development studies (DS) and social policy (SP) as academic fields, particularly in the UK. Drawing on Andrew Abbott’s analysis of the social sciences as an evolving system of knowledge lineages (KLs) it reflects first on the status of DS, a...

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Autor principal: Copestake, James G. - Autor/a
Formato: Text draft Doc. de trabajo / Informes
Lenguaje:Eng
Publicado: Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath 2016
Materias:
Desarrollo
Estudios sociales
Política social
Ciencias sociales
Pobreza
Acceso en línea:http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/gb/gb-001/index/assoc/D12254.dir/pdf_1363.pdf
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Desarrollo
Estudios sociales
Política social
Ciencias sociales
Pobreza
spellingShingle Desarrollo
Estudios sociales
Política social
Ciencias sociales
Pobreza
Copestake, James G. - Autor/a
Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
topic_facet Desarrollo
Estudios sociales
Política social
Ciencias sociales
Pobreza
description This paper contributes to an on-going conversation between development studies (DS) and social policy (SP) as academic fields, particularly in the UK. Drawing on Andrew Abbott’s analysis of the social sciences as an evolving system of knowledge lineages (KLs) it reflects first on the status of DS, and then on its relationship with SP. Defining DS as a distinctive KL centred on critical analysis of diverse ideas and projects for advancing human wellbeing, I suggest that it has lost coherence and influence even as research into international development thrives. Indeed it is easy to envisage its gradual assimilation into other KLs, including SP. The two increasingly overlap in their analysis of the causes of relative poverty and injustice, and what can be done to address them, within countries and globally. Strengthening links between the two fields can be justified as a political project, even at the risk of some loss of plurality and plenitude across the social sciences.
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title Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
title_short Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
title_full Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
title_fullStr Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
title_full_unstemmed Whither development studies? : reflections on its relationship with social policy
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