1. Introduction / Martin Bulmer -- 2. Committees and committeemen / David Donnison -- 3. Research and the Redcliffe-Maud commission / L.J. Sharpe -- 4. Research as stage management : the case of the Plowden Committee / Henry Acland -- 5. In the course of investigation / Andrew Shonfield -- 6. The Seebohn Committee and the under-use of research / Phoebe Hall -- 7. A commission and a cost-benefit study / A.D.J. Flowerdew -- 8. The younger committee and research / Gerald Rhodes -- 9. Research for the royal commission on the press, 1974-7 / Jeremy Tunstall -- 10. The royal commission on the press, 1974-7 : a note / O.R. McGregor -- 11. The royal commission on the distribution of income and wealth / Martin Bulmer -- 12. Royal commission reporting / A.R. Prest
Notes
Originally published in 1980 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index