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Social science out of the closet

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  • Alpert, Harry. “The Social Sciences and the National Science Foundation: 1945–1955.”American Sociological Review 20 (1955).

  • Lundberg, George A. “The Senate Ponders Social Science.”The Scientific Monthly 64 (1947).

  • Zuiches, James J. “The Organization and Funding of Social Science in the NSF.”Sociological Inquiry 54 (1984).

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Otto N. Larsen is professor emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle, and senior associate for social and behavioral science at the National Science Foundation, where he was previously director of the Division of Social and Economic Science. He advises management, and initiates and coordinates national and international activity to enhance the development of social, behavioral, and information science.

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Larsen, O.N. Social science out of the closet. Society 22, 11–15 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695375

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