{"product_id":"creating-the-ahrc-james-herbert-9780197264294","title":"Creating the AHRC: An Arts and Humanities Research Council for the United Kingdom in the Twenty-First Century","description":"This is the first complete account of the establishment of the Arts and Humanities Research Council among the Research Councils of the United Kingdom in 2005. It focuses on the campaign carried forward from the 1997 Dearing Report to the 2004 Higher Education Act to establish a public agency investing in humanities and arts research that would be equivalent to those funding natural and social science research - a campaign that can be emulated in other countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilt on interviews with leading participants, regional and national press coverage, and analysis of influential national studies, \u003cem\u003eCreating the AHRC\u003c\/em\u003e shows how engagement with contemporary issues--the knowledge economy, devolution, and the expansion of higher education--as well as a long tradition of scholarly excellence led to fashioning a new model funding agency. An agency which is poised to address such frontier issues in the arts and humanities as increasing the scale of research, substantive collaboration with scientific fields, and explicit consideration of the results of research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating the AHRC\u003c\/em\u003e will provide an enduring point of reference for those involved with the AHRC, the humanities, research policy, and the learning society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Herbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197264298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197264294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Academy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"James Herbert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906544488703,"sku":"9780197264294","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb8e2cf0-6b6c-463e-88b0-f5395d127ce0.jpg?v=1748770745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-the-ahrc-james-herbert-9780197264294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}