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Author Solovey, Mark, 1964- author.

Title Social science for what? : battles over public funding for the "other sciences" at the National Science Foundation / Mark Solovey
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2020]

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Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. To Be or Not to Be Included: Uncovering the Roots of the NSF's Scientistic Approach -- 2. Staking Out the Hard-Core, from the McCarthy Era to Sputnik -- 3. Help from Above: A Modest Flourishing during the Liberal High Tide, 1957-1968 -- 4. Two Challenges, Two Visions: The Daddario and Harris Proposals -- 5. Losing Ground: Mounting Troubles during the More Conservative 1970s -- 6. Momentum Lost: Reorganization and Retreat, but No Respite
7. Dark Days: Social Science in Crisis during the Early Reagan Years -- 8. Deep and Persistent Difficulties: Coping with the New Politics of Science throughout the Reagan Era -- 9. Alternative Visions: Fragmentation behind the Scientistic Front -- 10. The Social Sciences at the NSF: Past, Present, and Future -- Index
Summary "How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although it included a vague reference to 'other sciences.' Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them."-- Provided by publisher
Analysis SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 14, 2020)
Subject National Science Foundation (U.S.)
SUBJECT National Science Foundation (U.S.) fast
Subject Social sciences -- Research -- United States -- History
Research -- United States -- Finance -- History
Endowment of research -- United States -- History
Science funding & policy.
History of science.
History of the Americas.
SCIENCE / History.
Social sciences -- Research
Research -- Finance
Endowment of research
Science
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019040890
ISBN 9780262358750
0262358751
0262358743
9780262358743