The Role of Social Sciences in the Central and Eastern European Transformation Process.

Tamasi, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ543649

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Role of Social Sciences in the Central and Eastern European Transformation Process.

Tamasi, Peter

International Social Science Journal, v48 n2 p269-76 Jun 1996

Examines the various ways that social sciences can promote the social and governmental transformative process in Eastern Europe. Defines three functions of social sciences: to reveal real processes, to understand and diagnose problems, and to foresee future trends. Discusses the tensions among social scientists and policy makers and politicians. (MJP)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Democratic Values, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Political Issues, Politics, Public Policy, Scholarship, Social Change, Social Sciences, Social Scientists, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Europe

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