Order and Control in American Socio-Economic Thought
Social Scientists and Progressive-Era Reform
By Charles McCann
Published January 16th 2012 by Routledge – 298 pages
Description
The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American social scientists, drawing on their experiences with the German social welfare system, became increasingly interested not merely in identifying problems, but in prescribing means by which to effect social change. This book is an effort to identify the various influences upon critical thinkers, and to examine their approaches to solving the social problems of the time.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. An Introduction to Progressivism 2. Lester Frank Ward: Progenitor of American Progressivism 3. Degeneracy and Directed Order: Charles Horton Cooley and Progressive-Era Sociology 4. Edward Alsworth Ross: The Need for Social Control 5. Richard Theodore Ely: Christian Socialist and Prophet of Paternalism 6. Henry Carter Adams and the Regulatory State 7. Prolegomenon to the Social Philosophy of John Dewey. Conclusion
Author Bio
Charles R. McCann, Jr., is a research associate in the Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Name: Order and Control in American Socio-Economic Thought: Social Scientists and Progressive-Era Reform (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Charles McCann.
The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American social scientists, drawing on their...
Categories: Economic Theory & Philosophy, Political Economy, American Political Economy, Labour Economics, History of Economic Thought, American History, The Gilded Age/Progressive Era, Economics, American Studies, U.S. Politics