Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Professor Stephen M. Walt: "International Affairs and the Public Sphere" - What effect does scholarship have on policy ?


International Affairs and the Public Sphere

Stephen M. Walt, Harvard University
Most social scientists would like to believe that their profession contributes to solving pressing global problems. Indeed, the United States and many other modern societies subsidize university-based research and teaching on the assumption that scholars will develop useful knowledge about today’s world, communicate that knowledge to their students and to the broader public, and, where appropriate, offer rigorous, well-informed advice to interested policymakers.

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