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Biography & Autobiography Social Scientists & Psychologists

Taking Social Research to the Larger World

by (author) Edward Harvey

Publisher
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Initial publish date
Feb 2005
Category
Social Scientists & Psychologists, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551302553
    Publish Date
    Feb 2005
    List Price
    $34.95

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Taking Social Research to the Larger World is the remarkable story of Professor Edward Harvey's twin-track career as a university professor and consultant specializing in social policy issues - a forty-year journey that blossomed with the dynamic Trudeau era and the search for "The Just Society."
With its richly detailed accounts of early life at Princeton, royal commissions, government task forces, and private sector assignments, this book will be a compelling read for anyone interested in policy, organizational change, equality issues, and the recent history of Canada's sometimes fragile confederation.
Dr. Harvey's journey is impeccably written and tremendously engaging. The author's abilities as a storyteller are finely tuned. Although biographical, this book is, in large part, a history of Canada too. The author has skilfully woven his life together with Canada's recent past, leading us through the strong post-war economic growth and the demographic explosion that came to be known as the baby boom, and on to the resulting dramatic social policy developments. Details of behind-the-scenes events and conversations add humour and realism to the "characters" in his account.

About the author

Dr. Edward B. Harvey is one of Canada's leading social scientists. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D. from Princeton. Most of his academic career has been with the University of Toronto.

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