Social scientists have a real opportunity to influence what politicians say in the run-up to the General Election

Breckon, Jonathan (2015) Social scientists have a real opportunity to influence what politicians say in the run-up to the General Election. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (04 Mar 2015). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Academic researchers – not just media pundits – should have their say in holding policy promises to account. Jonathan Breckon charts the various activities around the country aimed at providing a rigorous evidence-base in the run-up to the UK’s General Election. A whole range of economists, statisticians, social scientists and others are fact-checking what politicians and pundits say so that they don’t get away with iffy promises or sound-bites. But the challenge in the boom of fact-checkers is getting the quality right.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2017 10:29
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70579

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