The Poor Relation: A History of Social Sciences in Australia
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Poor Relation: A History of Social Sciences in Australia
By (Author) Stuart Macintyre
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
1st July 2010
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology
Higher education, tertiary education
300.994
Physical Properties
Paperback
402
Width 156mm, Height 232mm, Spine 31mm
536g
Description
The Poor Relation examines the place of the social sciences - from economics and psychology to history, law and philosophy - in the teaching and research conducted by Australian universities. Across 60 years The Poor Relation charts the changing circumstances of the social sciences, and measures their contribution to public policy. In doing so it also relates the arrangements made to support them and explains why they are so persistently treated as the poor relation of science and technology.
Author Bio
Stuart Macintyre is the Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne and the author of "The History Wars." He is a former president of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a current member of the Advisory Council of the Australian Research Council.
