The Politics of Knowledge the Carnegie Corporation, Philanthropy, and Public Policy
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Publish date: 04/01/1992
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Preface Introduction. The Politics of Knowledge 1. Liberal Commitments From Politics to Philanthropy Sweetness and Light The Administration of the Carnegie Corporation I. Scientific Philanthropy 2. A Clearinghouse of American Science: The National Research Council George Ellery Hale and the National Academy of Sciences James McKeen Cattell and the AAAS's Committee of One Hundred The National Research Council Elihu Root: Hale's "Valued and Beloved Adviser" 3. Propaganda or Research?: Creating an Institute of Economics The Early Debates: "Propaganda" of "Research" The Founding of the National Bureau of Economic Research Carnegie Corporation Grants to the NBER Additional Grants and Indirect Assistance 4. Conceptualists vs. Realists: An Institute to Restate the Law An Alliance of Legal Scholars and Corporate Lawyers Assistance from the Carnegie Philanthropies Legal Realists in Dessent Defending the ALI II. Cultural Philanthropy 5. Mission vs. Market: Organizing the Education of Everyone Frederick Paul Keppel as President of the Carnegie Corporation Organizing Cultural Leadership through Conferences and Associations Organizing Cultural Leadership through Professional Education Safeguarding Culture through Excellence in Education Consistency amid a Changing Politics 6. Public Policy and Sociology: Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma The Origins of the Myrdal Study: "Negro Education" The Corporation's Hopes: A New Approach to "Negro Education" Planning a Study That Would Be "Objective" Defining the Study An American Dilemma, a Study in the Mold of Chicago Sociology III. Strategic Philanthropy 7. Effective Expertise: New Designs for Social Research John Dollard and Personality and Culture Studies Charles Dollard and Cross-Disciplinary Research Frederick Osborn and Survey Research The Harvard Department of Social Relations A Strategic Relationship: Other Grants to Harvard Diffusing a Cross-Disciplinary, Behavioral Approach 8. Leadership and Education: The New Men John W. Gardner: From Psychology to Philanthropy The Education of James B. Conant James B. Conant and the Carnegie Corporation: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership Conant vs. the Educational Establishment Excellence and Equality: Laying the Groundwork for ESEA 9. Steadfast Liberalism: Poverty, Protest, and Reform Poverty: Alan Pifer's New Agenda A Carnegie Commission on Educational Television A Carnegie Commission on Higher Education "Sesame Street": An Experiment with Television for Children All Our Children: The Report of Another Carnegie Council Liberal Commitments Challenged: The Influence of Christopher Jencks Liberal Commitments Redefined: The Influence of Marian Wright Edelman Conclusion. American Dilemmas Notes Appendices Bibliography Essay Index
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