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Social Science and Social Policy: A Comment
Author(s) -
Gray David J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1989.tb03180.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , sociology , social policy , social science , social science education , social position , position (finance) , political science , positive economics , social relation , economics , law , science education , computer science , machine learning , finance
A bstract . The notion that a social science can be value‐free ignores the fact that the concepts upon which the social sciences remain dependent cannot possibly be. The emphasis upon methodology, mainly responsible for that position continues, but in recent years it has been paired with emphasis upon policy, applied social science. Value free social policy is within possibility— but it would be irrelevant.