State Production of Social Knowledge: Patterns in Government Financing of Academic Social Research.

Useem, Michael

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Publication Date: 1976

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State Production of Social Knowledge: Patterns in Government Financing of Academic Social Research

Useem, Michael

American Sociological Review, 41, 4, 613-629, Aug 76

Five distinct aims underlying federal support of academic social research are hypothesized, and a different observable funding pattern is associated with each one. Concludes with a possible explanation for the government's interest in producing social knowledge for the advancement of social science. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Financial Support, Government Role, Policy Formation, Research Projects, Research Utilization, Social Influences, Social Sciences, State Action, State Agencies, State Federal Aid

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