{"product_id":"ethical-imperialism-institutional-review-boards-and-the-social-sciences-19652009-9780801894909","title":"Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences  19652009","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful indictment of the IRB regime. University researchers in the United States seeking to observe  survey  or interview people are required first to complete ethical training courses and to submit their proposals to an institutional review board (IRB). Under current rules  IRBs have the power to deny funding  degrees  or promotion if their recommended modifications to scholars proposals are not followed. This volume explains how this system of regulation arose and discusses its chilling effects on research in the social sciences and humanities. Zachary M. Schrag draws on original research and interviews with the key shapers of the institutional review board regime to raise important points about the effect of the IRB process on scholarship. He explores the origins and the application of these regulations and analyzes how the rulesinitially crafted to protect the health and privacy of the human subjects of medical experimentscan limit even casual scholarly interactions such as a humanist interviewing a poet about his or her writing. In assessing the issue  Schrag argues that biomedical researchers and bioethicists repeatedly excluded social scientists from rule making and ignored the existing ethical traditions in nonmedical fields. Ultimately  he contends  IRBs not only threaten to polarize medical and social scientists  they also create an atmosphere wherein certain types of academics can impede and even silence others. The first work to document the troubled emergence of todays system of regulating scholarly research  Ethical Imperialism illuminates the problems caused by simple  universal rule making in academic and professional research. This short  smart analysis will engage scholars across academia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647085142069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801894905","price":40.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801894909.jpg?v=1781688345","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ethical-imperialism-institutional-review-boards-and-the-social-sciences-19652009-9780801894909","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}