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Assess the view that a sociologist's perspective is the most important…

- - - - Representative issues relating to if your research/sample size can be generalised to the general population. For example, research focusing purely on males and crime rates cannot be generalised to the entire population for obvious reasons.
- - - - In order to study suicide and what causes it, Durkheim studied the quantitative data of official statistics to identify patterns. (could speak of the ads and disads here.)
        
        Interpretivists disagree with Durkheim and argue that suicide rates are social constructs because a suicide is interpreted by the coroner. Douglas argues that using qualitative data would be more beneficial than the use of quantitative data e.g. suicide notes, diaries, interviews of survivors and relatives. He sees suicides as being classed based around meanings. (could speak of the ads and disads here also.)
      - It is through this study that we can assume that Functionalists base their target topics on ones that focus on social facts. For example, the Sex Role Theory based on the assumed shared socialisation of females and males.
- - - - Globalisation - International organisations sometimes influence policies of other countries.
        
        Critical Sociology - Marxists are not very likely to influence social policy because they are against capitalism and therefore, the government.
        
        Cost - Governments don't always have the funds.
        
        Functionalism and Positivism - Scientifically investigate the social problems, which offers them objective information about the extent and explanation of said problems and the potential cure in the form of policy recommendations.
        
        Marxism - The answer to society's problems is to abolish capitalism as policies created benefit the ruling, powerful classes, not the working classes.
        
        Feminism - Claim that the state perpetuates women's subordination through their policies. Despite this, according to Liberal Feminists, some created have began to create an equal society for men and women e.g. anti-discrimination act. Radical Feminists claim that some policies they created have allowed women to escape patriarchal control and the threat of domestic violence e.g. women's refuges.