Soviet Social Science The Challenge for the American Academic Community, Summary of a Meeting (1990) / Chapter Skim
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The American Response: Ideas and Prospects
The American Response: Ideas and Prospects
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Simon reported that he had been impressed by the intensely applied focus of Soviet social science. It would not be an exaggeration, he argued, to say that today there is no social science in the Soviet Union, if by that we mean basic interest and curiosity about fundamental human phenomena as the driving force behind research.
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This may become especially true as the Soviet Union opens up to more contacts and the tight central control of exchanges is lost. On the subject of multilateral versus bilateral contacts, Simon expressed a preference for making use of multilateral settings whenever possible.
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She agreed with Simon's argument for the importance of supporting stronger social science. In response to the discussion about the most appropriate targets for training and suppor~graduate students, young professionals, or more established scholars she suggested that, although all are appropriate, it is important to think about the cumulative effect of cutting in at various points in a scholar's career.
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HERBERT LEVINE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Levine focused his remarks on the question of priorities among the wide array of potentially worthwhile activities. His own highest priority would be the improvement of social science capabilities in the Soviet Union.
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The second new project is the Samantha Smith program, an undergraduate and high school exchange project that can include nonacademic programs. In discussing funding, James lamented the harsh budgetary realitiesperestroika versus Gramm-Rudman-Hollings—that was limiting the government's ability to respond to the changes under way in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
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The former want mainly to improve social science, while the latter (especially USIA) may want to emphasize citizens' groups, the Western Soviet Union, and other policy priorities.
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