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Sociology and Social Policy - Coggle Diagram
Sociology and Social Policy
Sociological problems
The influence of sociology on policy
Social problems
Social democratic perspective
major redistribution of wealth
Townsend - research on poverty
Postmodernism
no objective truth - so knowledge from research uncertain - sociological findings cannot inform policy
Sociologists can only take role of interpreters - offering one view of reality among many - not legislators
Feminism
Many Marxist and radical feminists reject reformist social policies and call for more radical changes
Radical feminists - women's refuges
Liberal feminists impact on policy areas
New Right
Murray - perverse incentives
Role of sociologist should be to propose policies that promote individual responsibility and choice
State intervention undermines individual responsibility
NR support strong law and order policies by right realist criminologists e.g. Broken Windows and zero tolerance policies
Positivism and functionalism
Early positivists
Functionalists
piecemeal social engineering
Marxism
Policies maintain the labour force
Policies prevent revolution
Policies ideologically legitimate capitalism
The sociologist should reveal the exploitation that underpins capitalism