Social Science Space

A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social scientists

Tag: Decision-Making

Toxic, Poisonous and Stupid: Iraq War Decision-Making Ten Years On

By Leo McCann | Published: March 19, 2013

Even within its own narrow terms the Iraq war was appallingly costly. A bad decision to invade was compounded by shambolic and ineffective leadership of the warfighting itself. Why? The answer seems to lie in the ways in which contemporary large organizations behave

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, News, Public Policy | Also tagged 100 with 50, Bernard Trainor, Blair Government, Bush Administration, Business School, Cobra II, Colonel George E. Reed, Corporatization, Counterinsurgency, Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Iraq War, Journalism Studies, Media, Michael Gordon, Organization Studies, Pentagon, Resource Management, State Department, The Pentagon Papers, Tony Blair, Toxic Leadership, Vietnam, Wikileaks, WMDs | Leave a comment

Interview with Richard Bartholomew – Joint head of the Government Social Research Service

By Social Science Space | Published: December 7, 2010

It is important that government policy is supported by the best evidence possible, and this is as true in the area of social science as any other area of research. Richard Bartholomew, Chief Social Researcher in the Department for Education and joint head of the Government Social Research Service, discussed with Socialsciencespace the role of […]

Posted in Career, International Debate, Interview, Resources | Also tagged Funding, Policy, Research | Leave a comment

Login

Join in our conversation! While you can comment on any of our articles without registering, create an account now to be able to connect with other members, discuss new topics in our forums, and to get regular email alerts with the latest news.
Members Login

Impact Over the Long Haul
Social Science Bites
- Kayleigh Garthwaite on Foodbanks August 1, 2019
  “I think the debate about why people use the foodbanks has become really politicized to the point where apparently individual faults and failings are the reason why people are using them,” Kayleigh Garthwaite tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast. To find out, she volunteered to work at a Trussell Trust foodbank […]
  Social Science Bites
- Jonathan Portes on the Economics of Immigration July 1, 2019
  Britain's former chief economist knows a thing or two about the impact of immigration on native Britons. In this Social Science Bites podcast, he reviews what data can tell us about the UK's current heavy inflow -- such as that new arrivals create both supply AND demand.
  Social Science Bites
- Sam Friedman on Class June 5, 2019
  "Education," says sociologist Sam Friedman, “doesn’t wash away the effects of class background in terms of allocating opportunities. That’s quite profound – I believe there are a lot of people who believe quite strongly that these sorts of educational institutions can and do act as sort of meritocratic sorting houses.”
  Social Science Bites
- Monika Krause on Humanitarian Aid May 1, 2019
  Humanitarian aid organizations often find themselves torn by reasonable expectations – to address a pressing crisis and to show that what they are doing is actually helping. While these might not seem at odds, in practice, says sociologist Monika Krause, they often do. Krause, is the author of The Good Project, an award-winning book from […]
  Social Science Bites
SAGE Open

View all