Introduction: The contexts of the Social Science Association -- Part I. Politics: 1. The Origins of the Social Science Association ; 2. The Social Science Association and the structure of mid-Victorian politics ; 3. Organising the Social Science Association -- Part II. Reform: 4. Liberalism divided and feminism divided ; 5. Transportation, reformation and convict discipline ; 6. Victorian socio-medical liberalism ; 7. Labour and capital ; 8. The Social Science Association and middle-class education ; 9. The Social Science Association and the making of social policy -- Part III. Science: 10. Social science in domestic context ; 11. Social science international comparative context -- Part IV. The Decline of the Social Science Association: 12. Liberal division, specialisation and the 'fragmentation of the common context' in late-Victorian Britain -- Conclusion: the Social Science Association and social knowledge -- Appendices
Summary
Goldman examines the origins of social policies in the mid-Victorian period. He focuses on the Social Science Association, famous for its influence over a wide range of social policies. Goldman sets the SSA in the context of its age, and explains its relevance to politics, social life and intellectual development
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-419) and index
