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Social Science Research and Military Agendas: Safe Distance or Bridging a Troubling Divide?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun
Affiliation:
Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University. E-mail: [email protected]
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Recent calls for more public social science have sometimes faltered at the idea that better relations with the military should be part of the project. Better relations with social movements, sure. With NGOs—why not? And certainly with the departments of state, education, or commerce. But is it the job of academic social scientists to inform the military?

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Reflections Symposium
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 1101 - 1106
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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