Before discussing the setting of research priorities in the social sciences I should like to make three preliminary points. First, I shall deal with my topic in the UK context because this is where we are and where, between the autumn of 1983 and the summer of 1987, I was Chairman of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Council receives about £27 million each year from the government and uses it to finance research and research students in the social sciences, mainly in universities and polytechnics. Second, my job gave me insights into the way research is organised elsewhere, not least in the United States and the major countries of Western Europe. It is clear to me that the problems and opportunities for research in the social sciences are similar rather than different across most of Western Europe and North America. Some problems in the United Kingsom are special to us, but the similarities outweigh the differences. Third, I do not believe that all the priorities in the United Kingdom simply concern topics for research. I will look at broader issues as well. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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