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An assessment of the impact of social science on the formulation of public policy in liberal-democratic societies. As the postwar expansion became firmly entrenched in the 1950s & 1960s, many liberal-democratic states began to use social research for a number of policy purposes. In Europe, this trend resulted from the social measures & planning introduced by political reform coalitions who used social research to inform their policy choices after gaining power. Social scientists constituted a significant part of these coalitions & were able to gain access to resources & augment the role of social science in policy formulation. These developments were replicated in North America & contributed to the prestige & political significance of social science. The discussion is placed within the larger context of the social & political roles of intellectuals. AA

Recent attempts to integrate the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in funding for interdisciplinary research have been challenged by a number of barriers. In funding programmes, such as the EU Horizon 2020, the SSH are absent in most calls for contributions. This article revisits the main policy drivers for embedding SSH research in interdisciplinary research. By analysing recent policy initiatives, the article shows how policymakers across the world continue to be ambivalent regarding the role of the SSH. While many stakeholders acknowledge the need to integrate SSH research in solving key societal challenges, such as climate change, migration or national security, funding for SSH is limited and tends to focus on strategic interventions and instrumental solutions. By accounting for the diversity of interdisciplinary collaborations the article recommends a more context-sensitive approach to research funding, which acknowledges the heterogeneity and volatility of research across different knowledge environments. This article is published as part of a thematic collection on the concept of interdisciplinarity.

A review of three books on children in war: Forgetting Children Born of War: "Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond," by R. Charli Carpenter, "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers," by Romeo Dallaire, and "Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States," edited by Scott Gates and Simon Reich.

Der Autor gibt einen Überblick über die Strukturen und Ziele des Personalmarketings, worunter Maßnahmen zur Gewinnung neuer Arbeitnehmer (externes Personalmarketing) sowie zur Bindung und Motivation der Mitarbeiter eines Unternehmens (internes Personalmarketing) verstanden werden. Er diskutiert einleitend die Frage, welche Berechtigung das Personalmarketing in Zeiten eines Überangebots an Arbeitskräften hat, und für welche Unternehmen ein Personalmarketing, welches vor allem Kontinuität erfordert und auf lange Zeit Ressourcen bindet, sinnvoll ist. Er erörtert anschließend das Verhältnis vonpraktischem Personalmarketing und sozialwissenschaftlicher Methodenkompetenz und skizziert einige Konzepte sozialwissenschaftlicher Markt- und Meinungsforschung, die im Personalmarketing erfolgreich eingesetzt werden können, wie z.B. großzahlige quantitative Studien, eine Imageanalyse und qualitative Studien. Die Arbeitsmarktforschung als Instrument des Personalmarketings stellt nach Einschätzung des Autors ein in hohem Maße geeignetes und interessantes Betätigungsfeld für Sozialwissenschaftler dar, dessen Bedeutung tendenziell wachsen wird. (ICI)