Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the AldineTransaction Edition -- The Man -- Diesing's First Four Books: A Personal Perspective -- Paul Diesing and the Philosophy of Science -- Hegel's Truth and Diesing's Truth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 1 Social Studies of Science -- I. The Study of Science -- II. The Study of Ideology -- III. The Study of Standpoints and Perspectives -- Part I -- 2 Neoclassical Economics -- I. The Neoclassical Perspective -- II. Oligopoly and Game Theory -- 3 Extended Applications of the Neoclassical Perspective -- I. Politics -- II. Interpersonal Relations -- III. Deterrence Theory -- IV. Conclusions -- 4 Keynesian Economics -- I. Keynes -- II. Keynesian Economics, 1936-1966 -- III. The Unification of Neoclassical and Keynesian Economics -- IV. One Goes Into Two: Left, Right, And Center Keynesians -- 5 The Objectification of Society: The Systems Approach -- I. Parsons -- II. Diffusions of Parsonian Functionalism -- III. Objective Studies of Social Problems -- Domestic social problems -- Deterrence as crisis management -- IV. Contrast Between Functionalist and Neoclassical Categories -- Household consumption -- Social behavior as exchange -- Security dilemma vs. hostility spiral -- The international economy -- Racism -- V. Summary: Comparative Advantages of the Objective System Perspective -- 6 Schumpeter and the Intellectuals -- I. Elite Theory -- II. Schumpeter and Rostow -- III. The Intellectuals -- IV. Developments in Elite Theory -- V. Preliminary Evaluation -- 7 The Critical Intellectuals -- I. Studies of the Elite -- II. Studies of the Intellectuals -- III. Studies of the Masses -- IV. Preliminary Evaluation -- Views of Oppression and Injustice -- Doubts About Survey Data -- Lack of Overall View -- Tendency to Exaggeration
