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Academic women's careers in the social sciences

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Women in town : a socio-economic survey of African women in Highfield Township, Salisbury ; women in Development Research Unit, Centre for Applied Social Sciences

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Gender myths v. working realities : using social science to reformulate sexual harassment law

Beiner, Theresa M. - 2005

Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassment-what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in court. Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard....

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What is the contribution of the social sciences to improving our understanding of social and technological innovation processes? How can they help to overcome some of the barriers to technological and social innovation and improve the management of innovation by limiting the negative...

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This essay analyzes the construction of "neutral" knowledge by the scholars (mostly psychologists, anthropologists and sociologists) who were members of UNESCO's Social Science Department between 1946 and 1956. Making use of recent literature on the politics of knowledge and using archive...

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