Science, class, and the welfare state: A class-centered functional account  

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Stryker, Robin

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 96 no. 03 (Nov. 1990), page 684-726.
Topik: welfare; science; economic; class

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: A13 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This article offers comparative analysis of economists' role in New Deal labor relations and social-welfare policies to suggest a classcentered functional hypothesis: in the absence of a historically strong, socialist labor movement, state reliance on social-science expertise occurs to the extent that it is functional for the reproduction of capitalism, its markets, and its market ideology. The hypothesis differs from traditional neo-Marxist accounts of state reliance on science by (1) suggesting that reliance on science will probably not legitimate state action with overt class content and (2) arguing that, although functional adjustments are not automatic, science's facilitation of politicization and "legitimation crisis" in the short term can provide a mechanism through which dysfunctional state reliance on science is restricted or suppressed. Whereas National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) economists promoted radical possibilities in a statute undermining market determination of wages and market ideology by explicitly promoting the class organization of labor, Social Security Board (SSB) economists helped institutionalize market-reinforcing social security through, for example, contributory social insurance and wage-related benefits. Whereas the convergence of science and market logic promoted consensus around conservative social insurance,

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