Sociology and social policies
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- Created on: 31-03-18 13:11
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- Sociology and Social policies
- Sociology
- An academic study that aims to explore the way in which society operates and how it influences our lives
- It looks at social problems (i.e high crime rates) but also looks to explain society even when it isn't problematic
- I.e why do some people turn to religion
- Social Policies
- They focus on how to respond to social problems like high crime, inequality
- Some believe that sociology can inform and influence government social policies
- This is an ares of applied sociology that has grown
- They are implemented by government, charities or other organisations
- Giddens
- he identified 4 practical purposed to studying sociology
- An understanding of the world
- awareness of the needs of individual groups
- An assessment of 'what works' evidence based policy
- Increased personal knowledge of ourselves and others
- Sociology gives us an understanding of individuals and ourselves in the world which we use as evidence to create social policies
- Criticisms
- Whilst there are many strengthens with the subject that can help tackle social problems....
- There are many criticisms of the relationship between sociology and social policies
- he identified 4 practical purposed to studying sociology
- Davis
- Governments are selective with which pieces of sociological research they choose to acknowledge
- They only choose to select their own political agenda
- They pick the sociological research they need to support their point
- although sociology can solve social problems and suggest solutions, they are only selected if they fit the governments agenda
- which many marxist believe is to maintain capitalism and the ruling class
- They only choose to select their own political agenda
- EXAMPLE
- The governments co-ordinated Prostitution strategy in 20106 was selective in it use of research. It ignored...
- evidence from Sweden which undermined its own strategy
- Effectiveness of other approaches show in other countries
- Research showed clients to be fairly typical and not violent/ abusive as assumed in their strategy
- Used research that supported its own strategy
- The governments co-ordinated Prostitution strategy in 20106 was selective in it use of research. It ignored...
- Governments are selective with which pieces of sociological research they choose to acknowledge
- Sociology
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