Ratio Working Papers
No 81:
Sociology and Classical Liberalism
Daniel Klein ()
and Lotta Stern ()
Abstract: We advocate the development of a classical-liberal
character within professional sociology. The American Sociological
Association (ASA) is taken as representative of professional sociology in
the United States. We review the ASA’s activities and organizational
statements, to show the association’s leftist character. Internal criticism
is often very uneasy about leftist domination of the field. We present
survey results establishing that, in voting and in policy views, the ASA
membership is mostly left-wing and devoid of classical liberalism. We
sketch some ideas showing that sociology needs classical liberalism, and
classical liberalism needs sociology.
Keywords: sociology; American Sociological Association; ideology; policy views; classical liberalism; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: A13; A14; (follow links to similar papers)
23 pages, December 20, 2005
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Klein, Daniel and Lotta Stern, (2006), 'Sociology and Classical Liberalism', The Independent Review, Vol. 11, Summer, No. 1, pages 37-52
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