Philippe Fontaine and Jefferson D. Pooley (eds.), Society on the Edge. Social Science and Public Policy in the Postwar United States

The chapters that make up this impressive volume examine the relation between social science and public policy in nine different problem domains. The authors of these chapters discuss what the different social sciences contributed to each problem domain and how people connected to different discipl...

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Autore principale: Hauptmann, Emily
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines 2023
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:The chapters that make up this impressive volume examine the relation between social science and public policy in nine different problem domains. The authors of these chapters discuss what the different social sciences contributed to each problem domain and how people connected to different disciplines worked together, came into conflict, or ignored one another in the process. Happily, many of the chapters do not stand alone but frequently refer to the other chapters of the volume. In additi...