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SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY (SOCIOLOGY CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL POLICY…
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIOLOGIST INVOLVEMENT
SHOULD BE INVOLVED
MARSLAND ARGUES SOCIOLOGISTS SHOULD BE FULLY INVOLVED IN THE POLICY PROCESS AS IT WOULD PRODUCE POSITIVE BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY
AS THEY IDENTIFIED THE SOCIAL PROBLEM AND THEREFORE THEY SHOULD MAKE THE SOCIAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
FUNDING: GRANTS ARE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND THE GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC BODIES PROVIDE THESE FUNDS. SOCIOLOGISTS WHO DON'T GET INVOLVED ARE LIKELY TO FIND THEMSELVES SHORT OF FUNDS
SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED
ETHICAL DIFFICULTIES - RADICAL SOCIOLOGISTS SEE NON-INVOLVEMENT AS PREFERABLE SINCE IT CAN CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL POLICIES MIGHT BE ON REINFORCING PATRIARCHY OR BE USED AGAINST THE INTEREST OF THE POREST & LEAST POWERFUL GROUPS
THERES A RISK THAT TOO CLOOSE AN INVOLVED CAN MEAN THAT POLICY MAKING BECOMES THE DRIVING FORCE OF SOCIOLOGY, WITH SOCIOLOGY BEING REDUCED TO AN EXTENSION OF SERVING THE GOVERNMENTS NEEDS
FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BODIES CAN HAVE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL IMPACTS FOR THE WAY RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED
PERSPECTIVES
MARXISM
THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE IS TO CRITCISE SOCIAL POLICY. THEY MUST REVEAL THE EXPLOITATION THAT UNDERPINS CAPITALISM AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE RULING CLASS USE SOCIAL POLICIES TO MASK THIS EXPLOTIATION
C = IMPRATICAL AND UNREALISTC // SOCIAL DEMOCRATS CRITCISE THEM FOR REJECTING THE IDEA THAT RESEARCH CAN HELP BRING ABOUT PROGRESSIVE POLICIES WITHIN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
FEMINISM
SEE THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE AS CREATE POLICIES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BRING ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY
C = MANY FEMINISTS REJECT THE VIEW THAT REFORMIST'S SOCIAL POLICIES CAN LIBERATE WOMEN. EG: MARXIST AND RADICAL FEMINISTS CALL FOR MORE FAR-REACHING CHANGES THAT THE EXISTING STATE CANNOT DELIVER
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PERSPECTIVE
TOWNSEND ARGUES THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE IS TO BE INVOLVED IN RESEARCHING SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND MAKING POLICE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ERADICATE THEM
C = POSTMODERNISTS ARGUE THAT THE SOCIOLOGIST CAN ONLY TAKE THE ROLE OF 'INTERPRETERS' OFFERING ONE VIEW OF REALITY AMONG MANY, AND NOT THE ROLE OF LEGISLATIONS' AS MODERNIST SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE TRIED TO DO
THE NEW RIGHT
THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE IS TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES TO THE CURRENT ONES . THE NEW POLICIES SHOULD RESTORE INDIVIDUALS' RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN WELFARE
C = THE RESEARCH USED BY THE NEW RIGHT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED. EG: THE VALIDITY OF THE DATA IN WHICH MURRAY BASES HIS CLAIMS ON THE LINK BETWEEN ABSENT FATHERS AND DELINQUENCY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED
POSTIVISM AND FUNCTIONALISM
THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THE STATE WITH OBJECTIVE, SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON WHICH THE STATE CAN BASE ITS POLICIES ON
C = MARXISTS ARGUE THAT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AIMED AT EQUALISING OPPOTUNITY FOR CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT CLASSES ARE OFTEN DEFEATED BY THE INFLEINCE OF POVERTY IN WIDER SOCIETY
SOCIOLOGY CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL POLICY
PROVIDING A PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
IDENTIFYING SOCIAL PROBLEMS
PROVIDING A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
PROVIDING THE EVIDENCE
CHANGING ASSUMPTIONS
IDENTIFYING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF POLICIES
PROVIDING SELF-AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING
ASSESSING THE RESULTS
PROVIDING AN AWARENESS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
FACTORS INFLUENCING POLICY
GLOBALISATION
CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY
INTEREST GROUPS
COST
IDEOLOGICAL AND POLICY PREFERENCES OF GOVERNMENT
FUNDING SOURCES
ELECOTRAL POPULATION