Who wants to be a social engineer? A commentary on David Blunkett's speech to the ESRC

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Hodgkinson, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

Applied Social Science; New Labour; Policy; Positivism; Social Engineering; Social Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007189768     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.433     Document Type: Article

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