sociology should not try to infulence social policy Flashcards
why do people believe socio should not try to infulence social policies
-gov may not be able to afford to implement the changes
gov cuts may cause further social issues e.g the welfare cuts
-gov often ignore research and suggestions or use research selectively to justify their own political ideologies
- elections can infulence timing of the policies
how does prostition link
-davis found the gov coordinated prosititon strategy of 2006 was highly selective in its use of research in order to gain support for its own hostile view of prost…
what did the gov misinterpret and ignore
-research on prostitutes clients which showed they were ordinary men
-evidence from sweden which undermined their strategy
-the effectiveness of alternative approaches adopted in other countries
how does cannabis link
-in may 2008 it was re classified to class B drug despite advice from scientific advisors
-gov went againist the evidence that since cannabis ead downgraded to class C use among young ppl fell l from 13% to 9.4%
what was wrong with this cannabis case study
the government clearly only reclassified it to give a message to voters and young ppl rather than looking at evidence
other reasons why socio should not try to infulence social polices
- funding only available for some topics
-gov usually prefers postivist method strategies
-ethical difficulties
-findings may oppose gov interests
-sociologists have different conceptions of what social problems are
what do post MODs believe
-socio should not infulence social policies
-socio provides only interpretations of the world
rather than universal firm evidence which social polcies should be based on
-only contributes to udnerstanding society( BAUMAN AND MAY)
how would becker criticise post mods
-socio shoudl try to finf solutions and make imporvements
