On the Value of Ethnography: Sociology and Public Policy

Howard S. Becker, Herbert J. Gans, Katherine S. Newman and Diane Vaughan
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Howard S. Becker: San Francisco
Herbert J. Gans: Columbia University
Katherine S. Newman: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Diane Vaughan: Boston College

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004, vol. 595, issue 1, 264-276

Abstract: Reproduced below is a conversation and question/answer session about the relationship of ethnography to public policy. The conversation took place in Philadelphia on November 7, 2003. Comments by Jean-Michel Chapoulie follow the dialogue (p. 277).

Keywords: ethnography; public policy; sociological concepts; knowledge utilization; NASA; politicians; underdogs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716204266599

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