Experts, Social Scientists, and Techniques of Prognosis in Cold War America (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This book describes how Cold War researchers used expert opinions to construct foreknowledge of geopolitical relevance. Focusing on the RAND Corporation, an American think tank with close relations to the armed forces, Daye analyses the development of two techniques of prognosis, the Delphi technique and Political Gaming. Based on archival research and interviews, the chapters explore the history of this series of experiments to understand how contemporary social scientists conceived of one of the core categories of the Cold War, the expert, and uncover the systematic use of expert opinions to craft prognoses. This consideration of the expert's role in Cold War society and what that can tell us about the role of the expert today will be of interest to students and scholars across the history of science, the sociology of knowledge, future studies, the history of the Cold War, social science methodology, and social policy.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Socio-Historical Studies of the Social and Human Sciences
Release date:	2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Christian Daye
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-032783-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	3-03-032783-3
Barcode:	9783030327835

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