Table of Contents

A: Discussion of the evidence and our recommendations; 1: Introduction; 2: What are the social sciences and what are they for?; 3: What have the social sciences contributed to British society?; 4: Social science and devolution; 5: The health and value of British social sciences; 6: Social sciences and the outside world (aka society); 7: Social science in practice; 8: Who speaks for the social sciences?; 9: The future of the social sciences; B: The nature, scale and financial support of the social sciences in Britain — a statistical summary; 10: The nature, scale and financial support of the social sciences in Britain — a statistical summary

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Commission on the Social Sciences,