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Society on the edge : social science and public policy in the postwar United States /

"The social sciences underwent rapid development in post-war America. Problems once framed in social terms gradually became redefined as individual with regards to scope and remedy, with economics and psychology winning influence over the social science

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Group Author: Fontaine, Philippe, 1960-; Pooley, Jefferson.
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Social problems > United States > History > 20th century.
Social sciences > United States > History > 20th century.
Social policy.
Social problems.
Social sciences.
United States > Social policy.
United States.
History.
Summary: "The social sciences underwent rapid development in post-war America. Problems once framed in social terms gradually became redefined as individual with regards to scope and remedy, with economics and psychology winning influence over the social science
Carrier Form: xiii, 403 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781108487139 (hardcover) :
1108487130 (hardcover)
9781108732192 (paperback)
1108732194 (paperback)
9781108765961 (electronic book)
1108765963 (electronic book)
Index Number: HN57
CLC: D771.28-09
Call Number: D771.28-09/S678
Contents: Introduction: whose social problems? / Philippe Fontaine and Jefferson D. Pooley -- Family / Savina Balasubramanian and Charles Camic -- Education / Andrew Jewett -- Poverty / Alice O'Connor -- Discrimination / Leah N. Gordon -- The black ghetto / Georg

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