Social Science for What?

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Social Science for What? is written by Mark Solovey and published by MIT Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0262358751 (ISBN 10) and 9780262358750 (ISBN 13).

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 it included a vague reference to "other sciences." Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them.