Society on the Edge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108732192)

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.

Author: Philippe Fontaine
ISBN-10: 1108732194
ISBN-13: 9781108732192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2020
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2022