Sociology and Social Policy

Question 1

What is a social problem

Answer 1

According to Worsley
- a part of social behaviour that causes social friction and private misery and class for elective action to solve it

Question 2

What is social policy

Answer 2

• plans, actions and laws which are put into place by governments to improve society

Question 3

what is the influence of social policy on sociology

Answer 3

new interventions in the sociological world can lead to new sociological research

the type of socialogical research that gets done is often shaped by government priorities

Economic and social research councils e likely to provide funding for research concerned with government policies

sociologists are therefore likely to take into account the work of focused research and government concern

Question 4

factors that limit the influence of social policy on sociology

Answer 4

if governments are sympathetic to the policies advocated by sociologists, they are not always able to implement them

facts of globalisation can mean the power of a particular state can be limited

governments are limited by financial constraints, eliminating poverty by increasing benefits, the problem of raising sufficient funding will be prevented