Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Social Sciences

Interdisciplinary collaboration in the social sciences is obviously essential to scientific progress, but discontent and practical difficulties hinder collaboration in research and training. Many of the problems arise from the failure in the separate disciplines to understand the basis on which collaboration is necessary and possible.

In an effort to shed light on the situation, these original essays by eminent scholars—economists, geographers, psychologists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, and others—demonstrate effective means of achieving interdisciplinary coordination in studying human behavior and delineating promising areas for cooperative research.

The book provides a sophisticated guide to the nature of knowledge in social science as applied to its core disciplines.