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_aCult of the Irrelevant : _bThe Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security / _cMichael C. Desch. |
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_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2019] |
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_aPrinceton Studies in International History and Politics ; _v169 |
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_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _t1. The Relevance Question: Professional Social Science and the Fate of Security Studies -- _t2. How War Opened the Door to the Ivory Tower during the First World War and Peace Closed It Again -- _t3. World War II: Social Scientists in the Physicists' War -- _t4. Social Science's Cold War: The Behavioral Revolution's Quixotic Effort to Construct a "Policy Science" -- _t5. Summer Studies, Centers, and a Governmentwide Clearinghouse: Federal Efforts to Mobilize Social Science for the Cold War -- _t6. The Scientific Strategists Follow the Economists to an Intellectual Dead End -- _t7. Strategic Modernization Theory Bogs Down in the Vietnam Quagmire -- _t8. The "Renaissance of Security" Languished until the Owl of Minerva Flew after 9/11 -- _t9. Conclusions, Responses to Objections, and Scholarly Recommendations -- _tNotes -- _tIndex |
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| 520 | _aHow professionalization and scholarly "rigor" made social scientists increasingly irrelevant to US national security policyTo mobilize America's intellectual resources to meet the security challenges of the post-9/11 world, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates observed that "we must again embrace eggheads and ideas." But the gap between national security policymakers and international relations scholars has become a chasm.In Cult of the Irrelevant, Michael Desch traces the history of the relationship between the Beltway and the Ivory Tower from World War I to the present day. Recounting key "Golden Age" academic strategists such as Thomas Schelling and Walt Rostow, Desch's narrative shows that social science research became most oriented toward practical problem-solving during times of war and that scholars returned to less relevant work during peacetime. Social science disciplines like political science rewarded work that was methodologically sophisticated over scholarship that engaged with the messy realities of national security policy, and academic culture increasingly turned away from the job of solving real-world problems.In the name of scientific objectivity, academics today frequently engage only in basic research that they hope will somehow trickle down to policymakers. Drawing on the lessons of this history as well as a unique survey of current and former national security policymakers, Desch offers concrete recommendations for scholars who want to shape government work. The result is a rich intellectual history and an essential wake-up call to a field that has lost its way. | ||
| 530 | _aIssued also in print. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | _aIn English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021) | |
| 650 | 0 | _aNational security. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aSocial sciences and state. | |
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_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). _2bisacsh |
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| 653 | _aCold War. | ||
| 653 | _aOffice of Strategic Services. | ||
| 653 | _aSecond World War. | ||
| 653 | _aThomas Schelling. | ||
| 653 | _aU.S. policymakers. | ||
| 653 | _aVietnam. | ||
| 653 | _aWalt W. Rostow. | ||
| 653 | _aWorld War II. | ||
| 653 | _aacademic security specialists. | ||
| 653 | _aacademic social science. | ||
| 653 | _aacademic strategists. | ||
| 653 | _aapplied research. | ||
| 653 | _abasic research. | ||
| 653 | _adevelopment strategists. | ||
| 653 | _adisciplinary professionalism. | ||
| 653 | _aeconomic development. | ||
| 653 | _aintellectual culture. | ||
| 653 | _aintellectual frameworks. | ||
| 653 | _ainternational relations. | ||
| 653 | _ainternational security. | ||
| 653 | _anational security policymakers. | ||
| 653 | _anational security policymaking. | ||
| 653 | _anational security studies. | ||
| 653 | _anational security. | ||
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| 653 | _anuclear states. | ||
| 653 | _anuclear strategy. | ||
| 653 | _anuclear weapons. | ||
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| 653 | _apolicy issues. | ||
| 653 | _apolicy problems. | ||
| 653 | _apolicy relevance. | ||
| 653 | _apolicymakers. | ||
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| 653 | _apolitical development. | ||
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| 653 | _apolitical scientists. | ||
| 653 | _apractical relevance. | ||
| 653 | _aprofessionalization. | ||
| 653 | _ascientific objectivity. | ||
| 653 | _ascientific strategists. | ||
| 653 | _asocial science disciplines. | ||
| 653 | _asocial science methods. | ||
| 653 | _asocial science. | ||
| 653 | _asocial sciences. | ||
| 653 | _asocial scientists. | ||
| 653 | _astrategic modernization theory. | ||
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