Are social scientists biased nationally? An analysis of data from the Falklands/Malvinas conflict

In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 507-518

Abstract

Attempt of demonstrating whether social scientists agreed with their respective governments on the issues generated by the Falklands/Malvinas conflict of 1982. The sample consisted of 377 social scientists from 48 different countries who attended two international social science conferences held in 1982. The sample was broken down nationally and regionally: the UK, the US, Western Europe, Argentina and Latin America. Disagreement among the subgroups extended to the characterization of the conflict, thus calling into question the objective nature of social science typologies