Journal of Social Policy

Table of Contents - 1972 - Volume 1, Issue 02  

Articles

Ideologies and policies

David Donnison*

Should social scientists, in their professional capacity, help to formulate political ideologies, policies and programmes? Or should they – and can they – preserve a professional neutrality? I begin by exploring these familiar questions and conclude that social scientists are as entitled as the next man to debate social problems, but should bear in mind that there is no authoritative solution to most of them.

Footnotes

* Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, London.