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Published 01-07-2010
ISBN 9780522857757
Pages 402
Subjects Society and culture: general
Imprint MUP POD

The Poor Relation

A History of Social Sciences in Australia

Stuart Macintyre

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Published 01-07-2010
ISBN 9780522857757
Pages 402
Subjects Society and culture: general
Imprint MUP POD

What are the social sciences?

What do they do?

How are they practised in Australia?

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 sixty 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.

About The Author

Stuart Macintyre was Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. His previous works include A Proletarian Science, Winners and Losers: The Pursuit of Social Justice in Australian History, Volume 4 of the Oxford History of Australia and A Colonial Liberalism.