Editing Social science (section)

== Low priority of social science ==

Funding and attention paid to the social sciences varies across countries. For instance, the development of a social scientific community can become a priority entangled with national politics.<ref name=":2" /> In the case of Brazil, for example, the institutionalisation of social sciences took place in a political context where the state struggled to assert its territorial power, and the social scientific field was expected to produce investigation but also political inputs towards the construction of a new nation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trindade |first1=Hélgio |title=Social sciences in Brazil in perspective: foundation, consolidation and diversification |journal=Social Science Information |date=June 2005 |volume=44 |issue=2–3 |pages=283–357 |doi=10.1177/0539018405053291 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jatobá |first=Daniel |year=2013 |title=Los Desarrollos Académicos de Las Relaciones Internacionales EnBrasil: Elementos Sociológicos, Institucionales Y Epistemológicos |journal=Relaciones Internacionales |volume=22 |issue=22 |pages=27–47 |doi=10.15366/relacionesinternacionales2013.22.002 |hdl=10486/677456 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> This need was accentuated after the 1932 revolution, in the wake of which the USP was founded and became the biggest university in South America. Subsequently, these developments led to the deployment of university programs and the institution of national associations in anthropology, sociology and political science.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Alejandro |first=Audrey |title=Western Dominance in International Relations? |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-17048-0 |page=60 |doi=10.4324/9781315170480 }}</ref>