Useful sociology

Delves into history to find out if sociological knowledge can be applied successfully to policy making. Explains that society is based on the use of multiple knowledge structures and belief systems. Cites examples of centres which were set up in the USA to improve understanding and knowledge in a specific area, which could then contribute towards policy making and, ultimately, improved practice. Discusses the application of knowledge at various points in history, indicating that ruling elites are not motivated by knowledge (intellect) but by sentiment, and that this is still the case today. Refers to various literary works on sociological practice. Advocates that modern social research should be driven by policy issues and that sociologists should seize the opportunity, presented by decentralization, to become policy makers in their own communities

CITES · Decentralization · Epistemology · Intellect · Political science · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociological imagination · Sociological research · Sociological theory · Sociology · Sociology of knowledge · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics

• On Becoming a Clinical Sociologist

  John G Bruhn•Clinical Sociology: Research and…•2001

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• The Sociological Usages of “Pure Sociology”

  Open Access•Joseph H Michalski•The American Sociologist•2016

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• Equality of Opportunity

  John E Roemer•Equality of Opportunity•2009

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• The Coming of the Post-Industrial Society

  Daniel Bell•The Educational Forum•1976

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• Globalization

  Roland Robertson•Globalization•2000

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• Delinquency and Opportunity

  Harry V Ball, Richard A Cloward et al.•The Journal of Criminal Law…•1961

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• Beyond serving state and bureaucracy

  Open Access•Peter Wagner, Hellmut Wollmann•Knowledge, technology &…•1991

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• The decomposition of sociology

  Open Access•Irving Louis Horowitz•Academic Questions•1992

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• Building Policy-Related Technical Communities

  Open Access•Duncan Macrae•Knowledge•1987

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• The Sociological Imagination

  C W Mills•The Mississippi Valley Historical…•1959

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• Knowledge Generation, Exchange, and Utilization

  Alan E Bayer, George M Beal et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1987

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• Using Social Research in Public Policy Making

  Patrica P Rieker, CAROL H WEISS•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1979

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• Evidence, Argument, and Persuasion in the Policy Process

  Duncan Macrae, Giandomenico Majone•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1990

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• Knowledge Application

  John E Selby, John Selby et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1982

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• A Responsive Society

  Richard M Coughlin, Amitai Etzioni•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1992

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• Speaking Truth to Power

  John G Sanzone, Aaron Wildavsky•The Western Political Quarterly•1979

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• Inquiry and Change

  Open Access•Charles L Schultze•Political Science Quarterly•1991

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• Policy analysis as a hermeneutic activity

  Open Access•John S Dryzek, John Dryzek•Policy Sciences•1982

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• The Popularization of Knowledge

  Laura M Westhoff•History of Education Quarterly•1995

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• Knowledge for What

  P Sargant Florence, Robert Lynd et al.•The Economic Journal•1940

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• Politics as Vocation

  Open Access•Max Weber•Edinburgh University Press eBooks•1991

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• Ideology and utopia

  Karl Mannheim•Ideology and utopia•1970

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• Sociology in America

  Herbert J Gans•American Sociological Review•1989

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• Technological Trends and National Policy

  Wilfrid H Crook, William F Ogburn et al.•American Sociological Review•1937

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• Toward an Epistemologically-Relevant Sociology of Science

  Open Access•Donald T Campbell•Science Technology & Human Values•1985

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• The Active Society

  Robert A Nisbet, Robert Nisbet et al.•American Sociological Review•1968

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• Habits of the Heart

  Paul Steidlmeier, Robert N Bellah et al.•Review of Religious Research•1986

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• The Analysis of Design or the Design of Analysis

  Open Access•Stephen H Linder, B Guy Peters•Review of Policy Research•1988

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• Postwar Applied Social Research

  Open Access•Peter H Rossi•American Behavioral Scientist•1981

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• Sociology

  Open Access•P Berger, Peter L Berger•Society•1992

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• Sociology in the 1990s

  Open Access•Howard S Becker, William Rau et al.•Society•1992

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• Why Sociology Does not Apply

  Peter J Seybold, Peter Seybold et al.•Social Forces•1981

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