Michael Young, social science, and the British Left, 1945-1970

In post-war Britain, left-wing policy maker and sociologist Michael Young played a major role in shaping British intellectual, political, and cultural life, using his study of the social sciences to inform his political thought.0In the mid-twentieth century the social sciences significantly expanded...

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VerfasserIn: Butler, Lise
Ort / Verlag / Datum:Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Erscheinungsjahr:2020
Sprache:Englisch
Serie:Oxford historical monographs
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Klassifikation:301 Soziologie, Anthropologie
335 Sozialismus und verwandte Systeme
301.092
Beschreibung:vii, 264 Seiten; 23 cm
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  • First edition published in 2020
  • Bibliography Seite [231]-255
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1 'We were all very sick and very stupid': The conference on the psychological and sociological problems of modern Socialism and the politics of the group
  • 2 'Bigness is the enemy of humanity': Political and economic planning, social science, and public policy, 1945-1950
  • 3 'For richer, for poorer': Family policy and women, 1950-1952
  • 4 The Institute of Community Studies, 1953-1958
  • 5 From kinship to consumerism: Coming to terms with the middle class, 1958-1963
  • 6 Facing the future: Social science in the first Wilson government, 1964-1970