TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barreras,Ricardo E.
AU  - Massey,Sean G.
ED  - Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
TI  - Journal of social issues
T2  - Journal of social issues,
SN  - 9781118890608
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Periodicals
KW  - Social change
KW  - Research
N1  - Journal of Social Issues is published quarterly on behalf of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; Cover title; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This issue introduces a new framework for thinking about research from the standpoint of usable knowledge. Impact Validity is the extent to which research has the potential to play a role in social and political change or is useful as a tool for advocacy or activism. A series of articles have been collected for this issue that exemplify the intersection of science, activism/ advocacy, and social change. These articles highlight the ways in which others have strategically grounded their research in the advocacy needs of the social/political issue they are trying to influence, and the various decisions throughout the research process that have had a bearing on its potential to be useful in addressing social problems. These decisions, which rarely receive systematic attention, take central stage
ER  -