Society on the Edge

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-48713-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

The social sciences underwent rapid development in postwar America. Problems once framed in social terms gradually became redefined as individual with regards to scope and remedy, with economics and psychology winning influence over the other social sciences. By the 1970s, both economics and psychology had spread their intellectual remits wide: psychology's concepts suffused everyday language, while economists entered a myriad of policy debates. Psychology and economics contributed to, and benefited from, a conception of society that was increasingly skeptical of social explanations and interventions. Sociology, in particular, lost intellectual and policy ground to its peers, even regarding 'social problems' that the discipline long considered its settled domain. The book's ten chapters explore this shift, each refracted through a single 'problem': the family, crime, urban concerns, education, discrimination, poverty, addiction, war, and mental health, examining the effects an increasingly individualized lens has had on the way we see these problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fontaine, Philippe

Pooley, Jefferson D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Fontaine, Philippe
Philippe Fontaine is Professor of Economics at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay.

Pooley, Jefferson D
Jefferson D. Pooley is Professor of Media and Communication at Muhlenberg College.