Society, Research and Power

A History of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929 to 2019
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-7969-2605-0
Verlag: HSRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 546 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first South African public social research organization, the National Bureau for Education and Social Research, and the 50th anniversary of its successor, the Human Sciences Research Council, this collection is a scholarly reflection on the history of state-based social research. The contributors delve into the rich archives of the institution in all its iterations, and perhaps most interestingly, examine its relationship with the dominant political structures of the day, from the pre-apartheid segregationist government, to the apartheid order and ultimately the post-apartheid government. The book also addresses the topical issue of the role of evidence and scientific knowledge in policymaking.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction—the Editors.
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

- A Praetorian Sensibility? The Making of the Humanities and Social Sciences Through the Tangled Histories of the HSRC and the Humanities Faculty in Pretoria—C. Soudien.
- A Development Prehistory of the HSRC, 1929–1969—A. Schwenke and M.F. Alubafi.
- Social Scientists as Policy Makers: EG Malherbe and the National Bureau for Educational and Social Research, 1929–1943—B. Fleisch.
- Perspectives on Relations Between the Government and the HSRC in the 1980s: The Role of the HSRC Investigation into Intergroup Relations— H. Marais.
- Repositioning and Rebuilding the HSRC: Changes and Challenges, 1993–1997, from a Former CEO—R. Stumpf.
- DEBATES AND POLEMICS.

- How We Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love the HSRC—N. Cloete, J. Muller, and M. Orkin.
- Human Sciences Research Council Incorporated (Pty.) Ltd: Social Science Research, Markets, and Accountability in South Africa—N. Cloete and J. Muller.
- Can the HSRC Join in the Future?—J. White.
- Government, Universities, and the HSRC: A Perspective on the Past and Present—L. Chisholm and S. Morrow.
- Human Sciences Research Council: Role and Function Confusion in the South African Social Science System—N. Cloete.
- REFLECTIONS.

- Establishing State-Sponsored Research Initiatives, Institutionalizing Sociology, and the "Problem of White Juvenile Delinquency" in the First Decade of Apartheid Rule—K. Mooney.

- Public Social Research Agencies and Housing Policy in South Africa, 1929–2019—A. Mabin.
- The History and Scope of Demographic Research at the HSRC from 1968—J. Van Zyl.
- The Onomastic Research Centre—P. Raper and L. Möller.
- Pioneering Regional History Studies in South Africa: Reflections Within the Former Section for Regional History at the HSRC—E. Van Eeden.
- The De Lange Report of 1981: A "Geology"—JC "Koos" Pauw and C. Van Zyl.
- Peering into the Future: The Foresight Role of the HSRC During the Middle to Late 1980s—G. Puth.
- The Contribution of the HSRC to Research on the History of the South African Liberation Struggle, 1969–2019—G. Houston and M. Wentzel.
- The Value of a "Fixed" Mandate for the Knowledge Commons: A History of the HSRC's Role in R&D and Innovation Measurement (1966–2018)—G. Kruss and G. Ralphs.
- Izwi Iabantu (Voice of the People): Tracking Public Opinion Through Political Transition—S. Rule, B. Roberts, and J. Struwig.
- The Repositioning of the HSRC to Support Educational Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa—M.M. Makgamatha, M.S. Mapadimeng, and C. Namome.
- TIMSS in South Africa: Making Global Research Locally Meaningful—V. Reddy and S. Hannan.
- The HSRC's Population-Based HIV Prevalence and Incidence Survey Series: History, Impact, and the Future—O. Shisana, et al.
- Fifteen Years of Community-Engaged HIV Research in Sweetwaters, KwaZulu-Natal: A Reflection on Principles, Practices, and Frameworks—H. Van Rooyen, et al.
- Impervious to Policy: Revisiting the HSRC's Heterodox Economic Approach to South Africa's Persistent Structural Complexities—S. Ngandu.
- Questioning Urban Pessimism: A Decade of HSRC Research on Cities—I. Turok, et al.
- An Indelible African Footprint: The Story of the Africa Institute of South Africa—C. Hendricks, et al.
- The HSRC's Incubation of the South African BRICS Think Tank, 2013–2016—K. Chetty, et al.
- CONCLUSION.

- He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune: Personal Reflections on the Collaborators, Conspirators, and Researchers at the HSRC—T.G.B. Hart.
- The HSRC into the Future: An Afterword—C. Soudien.