Here’s a good example from 2019, showing why you can’t automatically derive policy ideas from what people think should be the case: Brits’ views on the British Empire. You need values – carefully articulated and debated to find the contradictions and other problems – to choose research questions and to interpret findings. There is no value-free social science!
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2022, September 7). Social science needs values [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/social-science-needs-values/
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