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Ideology, Sociological Theories, And Public Policy, Norman Goroff
Ideology, Sociological Theories, And Public Policy, Norman Goroff
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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It is important that my basic assumptions about social theories be made explicit at the very outset.
1. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of man/woman.
2. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the nature of society or the collectivity.
3. Every social theory has implicit, if not explicit, assumptions about the relationship of man/woman to society or to the collectivity.
These assumptions in the theories are not empirical but normative and hence social theory is ideologically based. The fact that the social theories are …