Science, reform, and politics in Victorian Britain : the Social Science Association, 1857-1886 /

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Goldman examines the origins of social policies in the mid-Victorian period. He focuses on the Social Science Association, famous for its influence over a wide range of social policies. Goldman sets the SSA in the context of its age, and explains its relevance to politics, social life and intellectu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldman, Lawrence, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) > History.
National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain)
1800-1901
Social change > Great Britain > Societies, etc.
Social change > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Social values > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Valeurs sociales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Politics and government
Social change
Social change > Societies, etc.
Social conditions
Social values
Sociale politiek.
Sociale hervormingen.
Social Science Association.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The contexts of the Social Science Association
  • Part I. Politics: 1. The Origins of the Social Science Association ; 2. The Social Science Association and the structure of mid-Victorian politics ; 3. Organising the Social Science Association
  • Part II. Reform: 4. Liberalism divided and feminism divided ; 5. Transportation, reformation and convict discipline ; 6. Victorian socio-medical liberalism ; 7. Labour and capital ; 8. The Social Science Association and middle-class education ; 9. The Social Science Association and the making of social policy
  • Part III. Science: 10. Social science in domestic context ; 11. Social science international comparative context
  • Part IV. The Decline of the Social Science Association: 12. Liberal division, specialisation and the 'fragmentation of the common context' in late-Victorian Britain
  • Conclusion: the Social Science Association and social knowledge
  • Appendices.

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