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American Academy of Political and Social Science
A long-running scholarly society with a public mission, this organization has spent more than a century connecting social science research with real-world policy questions. Best known for publishing The ANNALS, it brings scholars and public leaders together around some of society’s biggest challenges.
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Social legislation and social activity : being addresses delivered at the sixth annual meeting of the American academy of political and social science of Philadelphia
by American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Founded in Philadelphia on December 14, 1889, the American Academy of Political and Social Science was created to promote progress in the social sciences and to connect careful scholarship with practical public life. Early leaders, including Edmund J. James, envisioned a forum where research on political, economic, and social problems could inform public discussion and reform.
Its best-known publication is The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, first published in 1890 and still central to the Academy’s work. Through the journal, events, fellowships, and prizes, the organization has continued to bring scholars and policymakers into conversation on issues such as inequality, poverty, public safety, and democratic governance.
Today, the Academy is based in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and describes its mission as advancing social science research in the public interest. Rather than being the story of a single writer, this is the story of an institution that has helped shape how research enters public debate for well over 130 years.