Engineering Society: The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880–1980

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: The Scientization of the Social in Comparative Perspective....Pages 1-40
Embedding the Human and Social Sciences in Western Societies, 1880–1980: Reflections on Trends and Methods of Current Research....Pages 41-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Contesting Risk: Specialist Knowledge and Workplace Accidents in Britain, Germany, and Italy, 1870–1920....Pages 59-78
Politics Through the Back Door: Expert Knowledge in International Welfare Organizations....Pages 79-96
Rationalizing the Individual – Engineering Society: The Case of Sweden....Pages 97-118
The Neurosciences and Criminology: How New Experts Have Moved into Public Policy and Debate....Pages 119-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Psychological Sciences and the ‘Scientization’ and ‘Engineering’ of Society in Twentieth-Century Britain....Pages 141-158
Mental Health as Civic Virtue: Psychological Definitions of Citizenship in the Netherlands, 1900–1985....Pages 159-178
Human Sciences, Child Reform, and Politics in Spain, 1890–1936....Pages 179-197
Narcissism: Social Critique in Me-Decade America....Pages 198-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Hearing the Masses: The Modern Science of Opinion in the United States....Pages 215-233
Observing the Sovereign: Opinion Polls and the Restructuring of the Body Politic in West Germany, 1945–1990....Pages 234-251
Consumers, Markets, and Research: The Role of Political Rhetoric and the Social Sciences in the Engineering of British and American Consumer Society, 1920–1960....Pages 252-272
Business Organizations, Foundations, and the State as Promoters of Applied Social Sciences in the United States and Switzerland, 1890–1960....Pages 273-292
Catholic Church Reform and Organizations Research in the Netherlands and Germany, 1945–1980....Pages 293-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-318