Social Purpose and Social Science: Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture

• Author: T. S. SIMEY
• Subjects: Sociology
• Description: Social Purpose and Social Science (1964) is an Elearnor Rathbone Memorial Lecture in which T. S. Simey appraises the 'Rathbone Tradition' in the fulfilling of social duties. The text outlines the 'role of the responsible citizen', following the work of Eleanor Rathbone and of her father, William Rathbone. Thomas Spensley Simey (1906-1969) was the Charles Booth Professor of Social Science at the University of Liverpool (1939-1969) and has been described as 'a key proponent of the "modern sociology" and of the burgening field of social policy'.
  
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  
• Creation Date: 1964
  
• Format: 44
  
• Language: English