Social Science for What?: Battles Over Public Funding for the Other Sciences at the National Science Foundation

by Mark Solovey

How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance.

In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262539055
• ISBN13: 9780262539050
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"