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SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY (FUNCTIONALISTS…
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
FEMINISTS
DEBATE BETWEEN LIBERAL AND RADICAL FEMINISTS ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT IN POLICY
LIBERAL
BELIVE THE SOCIOLOGIST ROLE IS TO PROMOTE MORE POSITIVE IMAGES OF WOMEN INSTEAD OF THE HOUSEWIFE / MOTHER ROLE AS THIS WILL HELP ACHIEVE FULL GENDER EQUALITY
EG: IN EDUCATION, IT HAS INFLUENCED POLICIES SUCH AS LEARNING MATERIALS THAT PROMOTE MORE POSITIVE IMAGES OF WOMEN
LIBERAL FEMINISTS BELIEVE THAT FULL GENDER EQUALITY HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR
RADICAL
WANT TO CRITCISE THE POLICIES - EG: THE SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT AS THEY BELIEVE IT WONT BRING ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY
WOULD NO BE ABLE TO CRITICISE POLICIES IF THE SOCIOLOGIST WAS INVOLVE AS IT WOULD CAUSE CONFLICT AND TENSION
THE NEW RIGHT
FOR HAVING A ROLE IN INFLUENCING SOCIAL POLICY
EG: BREAKDOWN BRITIAN PROPOSES A RANGE OF NEW SOCIAL POLICIES AIMED AT THE FAMILY -
INCLUDING: MARRIAGE PREPARATION AND PARENTING CLASSES
C = THE RESEARCH USED BY THE NEW RIGHT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED
EG: THE VALIDITY OF THE DATA WHICH MURRAY BASES HIS CLAIMS ABOUT A LINK BETWEEN ABSENT FATHERS AND DELINQUENCY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED
BELIVES THE STATE SHOULD HAVE ONLY A MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIETY AS IN THEIR VIEW, STATE INTERVENTION ROBS PEOPLE OF THEIR FREEDOM TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES AND UNDERMINES THEIR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
BELIEVE THE SOCIOLOGISTS ROLE IS TO PROPSE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES THAT RESTORE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR OWN WELFARE
FUNCTIONALISTS
FOR HAVING A ROLE IN INFLUENCING POLICY
SEE THE STATE AS SERVING THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, PRODUCING AND IMPLEMENTING RATIONAL SOCIAL POLICIES AS THESE HELP SOCIETY RUN SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY
BELIEVE THE SOCIOLOGISTS ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THE STATE WITH OBJECTIVE, SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION WHICH THE STATE CAN BASE ITS POLICIES ON
FAVOUR CAUTIOUS APPROACHES, TACKLING ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE AT A TIME. EG: MARRIAGE TAX ALLOWANCE
C = MARXISTS CLAIM THAT THE MAIN FUNCTION OF SOCIAL POLOCY IS TO MAINTAIN CAPITALISM AND THAT THE ROLE OF THE SOCIOLOGIST SHOULD THEREFORE BE TO CRITICISE POLICY AND NOT SERVE THE CAPITALIST STAE
S = SOCIAL DEMOCRATCS
(TOWNSEND)
AGREE SOCIOLOGIST SHOULD BE INVOLVED
TOWSEND ARGUES THAT SOCIOLOGISTS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN RESEARCHING SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND MAING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ERADICATE THEM