The Politics of Research

This reading wasn’t entertaining in the least. However, i found it to be quite informative. (1 out of 2). I feel it really adheres to the the title of Politics of Research. i was quite unaware of how much went into what what is being researched. It is pretty sad that once again,the driving forces behind most research is money and power. The government want to maintain power, so they throw money in that area. Corporations want to be more profitable so they throw money into what would bring them more money. Meanwhile studies that i feel are just as important or in some cases even more important get left in the cold. Studies like peace, political economy, etc. I feel if we spent more time researching the essentials of what it takes to maintain a family and pull our resources to encourage more families (as opposed to single parent households), a lot of problems in society would be eradicated.