The Social Sciences Go to Washington: The Politics of Knowledge in the Postmodern Age
What happens when the allegedly value-free social sciences enter the national political arena? In The Social Sciences Go to Washington, scholars examine the effects of the massive influx of sociologists, demographers, economists, educators, and others to the federal advisory process in the postwar period. Essays look at how these social scientists sought to change existing policies in welfare, public health, urban policy, national defense, environmental policy, and science and technology policy, and the ways they tried to influence future policies. Policymakers have been troubled that followers of postmodernism have questioned the legitimacy…
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Weitere Autoren: Bernstein, Michael (Solist) / Cravens, Hamilton (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8135-3341-4
- EAN: 9780813533414
- Produktnummer: 1573860
- Verlag: Rutgers Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 254 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.5 cm 349 g
- Auflage: None
- Gewicht: 349
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