Society, Research and Power: A History of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929 to 2019
  • 2021/540 pages
  • Distributed for HSRC Press
    Includes color photographs.

Society, Research and Power:

A History of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929 to 2019

Crain Soudien, Sharlene Swartz, and Gregory Houston, editors
Paperback: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-7969-2605-0
This scholarly reflection on state-based research commemorates the 90th anniversary of the National Bureau for Education and Social Research—South Africa's first public social research organization—and the 50th anniversary of its successor, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). The contributors delve into the rich archives of the HSRC in all its iterations and, notably, examine its relationship with the dominant political structures of successive eras. They also addresss the topical issue of the role of evidence and scientific knowledge in policymaking.
Crain Soudien is professor emeritus of education and African studies at the University of Cape Town.. Sharlene Swartz is executive director of the Education and Skills Development Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council. Gregory Houston is research fellow in the department of history at University of the Free State.