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Expansion of the policy science movement is indicated by the proliferation of policy science centers, the existence of a specialized journal, & the large number of programmatic books being published. The significance of this expansion is assessed from the viewpoint of an applied sociologist. The central issue for this assessment is the role assigned to policy scientists by themselves, ie, their strategy, in the decision-making process. Important features of this image include reassessment of goals, occupation of a new type of professional role, freedom from responsibility to contribute to the growth of knowledge in specific academic disciplines, & need to make recommendations acceptable to the sponsor of policy research. Within the style thus evolved, which steers a middle ground between accepting goals exactly as given & replacing them with entirely new goals, four research tendencies are notable: (1) bypassing microsociological data, (2) futurism, (3) orientation toward systems analysis, & (4) self-identification as interdisciplinary in approach. Modified HA.

The Science Budget monitors public funding and performance of State-funded Science & Technology (S&T) and Research & Development (R&D) and aims to capture key performance metrics within the State sector. A total of 37 government departments and agencies who are engaged in some form of S&T or R&D activity in 2010-2011 were surveyed. This report presents findings from the 2011 Science Budget, with the final outturn data for 2010 together with estimates for 2011.

In keeping with the above title, the following essay `works the boundaries' between a traditional book review and a commentary. Upon reading Ian Shaw and Nick Gould's book, Qualitative Research in Social Work (London: Sage, 2001), I was unable to resist the urge to further articulate my own perspective, and not only because the said perspective attracted firm opposition within its pages. The contributors to this volume share a collective vision of social work research that afforded an unprecedented opportunity for me to reflect upon the cross-national context of their (and my) ideas. I hope that this essay will promote further dialogue among colleagues near and far.

This paper is concerned with the development of new entropy models for use in the social sciences and, in particular, with residential location in a spatial-interaction context. The inconsistencies and limitations inherent in some of the existing spatial-interaction entropy models used to describe activities taking place in urban and regional systems are first discussed, and new location models that have none of these inconsistencies are then developed. The new models describe the location of households about a city centre and, more generally, about a given distribution of jobs. The models take due account, in a consistent fashion, of any zonal-capacity constraints. The use of the models is illustrated with suitable data.

Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-ecosystems (SANREM CRSP LTRA 4) is focused on identifying the consequences of climate change for one of the poorest and most vulnerable regions in the Western Hemisphere and develop adaptive capacities. The project uses a cross disciplinary and participatory approach, linking biophysical and social sciences research with local knowledge systems through participatory institutions. This presentation concentrates on social science findings regarding attitudes and practices for addressing climate change ; LTRA-4 (Practices and Strategies for Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems)