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Zusatztext 'Neither social problems nor society itself are self-evident. They are products of framing, policy approaches, and public debates in particular historical contexts. Shaping these processes has been a major theme contribution of academic social science. Focusing on the important context of the postwar US, Society on the Edge illuminates the disciplinary and interdisciplinary histories that shaped the relationship between scientific research and public understanding of social problems.' Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University Informationen zum Autor Philippe Fontaine is Professor of Economics at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay. Jefferson D. Pooley is Professor of Media and Communication at Muhlenberg College. Klappentext Leading historians trace the changing fortunes of the social science of social problems since World War II. Zusammenfassung This collection brings together leading scholars to consider, in the first book-length treatment of its kind, the treatment of social problems within the social sciences. Each chapter is devoted to a major problem of US society, such as crime or discrimination, tracking the disciplines' relative fortunes in the half-century after World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction. Whose Social Problems? Philippe Fontaine and Jefferson D. Pooley; 2. Family Savina Balasubramanian and Charles Camic; 3. Education Andrew Jewett; 4. Poverty Alice O'Connor; 5. Discrimination Leah Gordon; 6. The Black Ghetto George Galster; 7. Crime Jean-Baptiste Fleury; 8. Addiction Nancy D. Campbell; 9. Mental Illness Andrew Scull; 10. War Joy Rohde; Index.
