Shaky Foundations : The Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus in Cold War America /

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Shaky Foundations provides the first extensive examination of a new patronage system for the social sciences that emerged in the early Cold War years and took more definite shape during the 1950s and early 1960s. Focusing on the defense department, the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Found...

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Main Author: Solovey, Mark, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
World politics.
Social sciences > Research.
Social aspects.
SCIENCE > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Politique mondiale > 1945-1989.
Guerre froide > Aspect social.
Fondations de recherche > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sciences sociales > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World politics > 1945-1989.
Cold War > Social aspects.
Endowment of research > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Social sciences > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Shaky Foundations provides the first extensive examination of a new patronage system for the social sciences that emerged in the early Cold War years and took more definite shape during the 1950s and early 1960s. Focusing on the defense department, the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, Mark Solovey explores the struggles of these various funders to define what counted as legitimate social science and how their policies and programs helped to shape the goals, subject matter.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages).
ISBN:9780813554662

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