Social science for what?
Subtitle: philanthropy and the social question in a world turned rightside up
By: Alice O'Connor.
Contributors: Russell Sage Foundation.
Series: A Russell Sage Foundation centennial volume
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780871546494
Subjects: Russell Sage Foundation.; Social problems -- Research -- United States -- History.; Endowments -- United States.; Social sciences -- United States.; Liberalism -- United States.; Conservatism -- United States.; United States -- Social policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Engaging the social question at the early Russell Sage Foundation; title: Social science, the social question, and the value-neutrality debate; title: Reversing roles, recasting the debate, and changing history; title: The poor law, the social question, and the new politics of reform; title: The gospel of wealth, the social question, and the counterattack; title: Conclusion.