Social science for what? battles over public funding for the "other sciences" at the National Science Foundation
"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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press
[2020]
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| Colección: | MIT Press OA books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44405042*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
