Social Scientists in the Civic Space: Ethical Perspectives on Democratic Involvement

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Arundhati Virmani Jean Boutier

Social Scientists in the Civic Space

Ethical Perspectives on Democratic Involvement

Arundhati Virmani, Jean Boutier, Manohar Kumar

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English

Routledge India
18 November 2024

Social issues & processes; Social theory

Series: Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought

The book explores the stakes for the social sciences around four central problems: the challenges of context; modes of intervention; involvement; and the ethical dilemmas for the scholar in a democratic space. The first, challenges of the context, examines the variety of situations confronted by scholars since the beginning of the 20th century. These include their interventions in key judicial affairs, the impact of technological developments like the introduction of big data, or even the positionality of the scholar. Second, the book investigates the modalities according to which social scientists may intervene in the civic space: in particular as specialists, as experts, or in the media. A third problem brings together some cases illustrative of researchers’ involvement in critical issues, such as food policies, major social reforms, or gender-related questions. Finally, the book concludes with a reflection on the modes of exercising critique or dissent in democratic societies and on the ethical dimensions of involvement in the civic space.

A searing examination of the role of social scientists, as they are called upon to address the multiple critical issues faced by contemporary societies, from pandemics to climatic change, sustainable development, migration, ethnicity, or the place of religion. This volume will be of great interest not just to scholars, students, and researchers of the social sciences but to the general reader as a concerned citizen.

Edited by: Arundhati Virmani, Jean Boutier, Manohar Kumar
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781032729084
ISBN 10: 1032729082
Series: Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 18 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. French historians’ interventions in a world in crisis, 1925-1939 2. Discovering the genocide of the Rwandian Tutsi: civic engagement or activism? 3. Why so few economists become public figures? 4. The freedom of the foreign scholar? Writing national histories from afar 5. Three forms of expertise in social sciences 6. Citizen economist or economist citizen? 7. Experiencing Last-Mile Welfare. Field Notes from Six Districts in India 8. Addressing food security in India: the debate on Targeting vs Universal distribution 9. Social sciences and social policy reforms in a democratic system : insights from Scandinavia and France 10. Anti-gender movements and gender studies in two national contexts: France and Brazil in the last decade 11. Feminist research engagement and civic space in India 12. The role of experts in society 13. Social Sciences and forecasting: the state and big data revolution in India 14. Defining norms of civility : disobedience as protest Epilogue

Arundhati Virmani, Historian at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseilles, works on transformations of cultural and political practices from the colonial period to the contemporary moment in India and in Europe. Jean Boutier, Professor Emeritus of early modern European history at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseilles, and former Director of the Norbert Elias Centre in Social Sciences (2002–2011), is a specialist of comparative history of social elites. Manohar Kumar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-D) Delhi, India.