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Engineering Society The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880-1980

Ziemann, Benjamin; Bruckweh, Kerstin; Wetzell, Richard F.; Schumann, Dirk
ISBN-10: 0230279074
ISBN-13: 9780230279070

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Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society.
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List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Scientization of the Social in Comparative Perspective
Embedding the Human and Social Sciences in Western Societies, 1880-1980: Reflections on Trends and Methods of Current Research
Social and Penal Policy
Contesting Risk: Specialist Knowledge and Workplace Accidents in Britain, Germany, and Italy, 1870-1920
Politics Through the Back Door: Expert Knowledge in International Welfare Organizations
Rationalizing the Individual - Engineering Society: The Case of Sweden
The Neurosciences and Criminology: How New Experts Have Moved into Public Policy and Debate
Diagnosis and Therapy
The Psychological Sciences and the 'Scientization' and 'Engineering' of Society in Twentieth-Century Britain
Mental Health as Civic Virtue: Psychological Definitions of Citizenship in the Netherlands, 1900-1985
Human Sciences, Child Reform, and Politics in Spain, 1890-1936
Narcissism: Social Critique in Me-Decade America
Polling, Marketing, and Organizations
Hearing the Masses: The Modern Science of Opinion in the United States
Observing the Sovereign: Opinion Polls and the Restructuring of the Body Politic in West Germany, 1945-1990
Consumers, Markets, and Research: The Role of Political Rhetoric and the Social Sciences in the Engineering of British and American Consumer Society, 1920-1960
Business Organizations, Foundations, and the State as Promoters of Applied Social Sciences in the United States and Switzerland, 1890-1960
Catholic Church Reform and Organizations Research in the Netherlands and Germany, 1945-1980
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Edition: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.54 lbs.
Language: English

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