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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.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION 1
1 TO BE OR NOT TO BE INCLUDED: UNCOVERING THE ROOTS OF THE NSF’S SCIENTISTIC APPROACH 19
2 STAKING OUT THE HARD-CORE, FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA TO SPUTNIK 49
3 HELP FROM ABOVE: A MODEST FLOURISHING DURING THE LIBERAL HIGH TIDE, 1957–1968 79
4 TWO CHALLENGES, TWO VISIONS: THE DADDARIO AND HARRIS PROPOSALS 109
5 LOSING GROUND: MOUNTING TROUBLES DURING THE MORE CONSERVATIVE 1970S 135
6 MOMENTUM LOST: REORGANIZATION AND RETREAT, BUT NO RESPITE 167
7 DARK DAYS: SOCIAL SCIENCE IN CRISIS DURING THE EARLY REAGAN YEARS 207
8 DEEP AND PERSISTENT DIFFICULTIES: COPING WITH THE NEW POLITICS OF SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE REAGAN ERA 237
9 ALTERNATIVE VISIONS: FRAGMENTATION BEHIND THE SCIENTISTIC FRONT 275
10 THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AT THE NSF: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 291
Notes 317
Index 379
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