should sociology contribute in social policy

social policy

influences on policy

factors that influence

persepctives

feminists

marxism

positivists/ functionalists

new right

social democrat

new labour

Are we living in a postmodernist world

modernism
no

postmodernism
yes

postmodern argument

Theories of late modernity

Marxist theories of postmodernism

should sociology have values

no - postivists

weber

yes committed sociology

relativism/ Postmodernism

perspectives

is sociology a science

yes - positivists

no - intepretivits

postmodernism

feminist

marxists

what is science

popper

kuhn

relaism