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...efficiently, orthodox sociologists traditionally look on themselves as critics of society and proponents of social analysis and policies not currently accepted. Skocpol says the discipline "is much less focused than economics, because it has much less immediate application and involves more than technical manipulations of specialized knowledge, the way neo-classical economics does...
...this is partly a result of the discipline's lack of a large majority consensus among sociologists on what sociology is. Skocpol says, "If you go into opposition in economics, you are disputing a generally undisputed science. But in sociology, there is no absolutely dominant body of doctrine, like neo-classical economics." To be a Marxist sociologist, Skocpol and Taylor say, is to uphold one critical theory--even if it is the most critical theory--among many others...
...discipline, identification between the content of the subject and the faculty who practice it, as has often occurred in Economics, is less likely to happen in Sociology. Radical economists came into irreconcilable conflict with senior faculty because they disagreed with the whole of a coherent, relatively rigid theory of neo-classical economics. In this way, the radicals challenged an accepted science that was tied to the intellectual and professorial identity of the economics faculty. There could be no compromise on either side...
...from angry demonstrations against the busing of black children to schools in white neighborhoods. In the city that had done so much to advance the cause of civil rights, a group of Ku Klux Klan members arrived last week to stir up more trouble, as did a contingent of neo-Nazi white supremacists from Virginia...
Nonetheless, the L.D.P. seems on the verge of winning again. Its surprising strength is due to two factors: 1) the failure of the main opposition groups-the Socialists, Communists and neo-Buddhist Komeito (Clean Government) Party-to get together on a common slate, mainly because of the Socialists' fear of being engulfed by the smaller but better-organized Communists, and 2) the ability of the L.D.P. to outspend its opponents on campaign rallies and posters. As the Japanese say, "Go to, yon raku" (Five wins, four loses)-meaning that a candidate who can spend 500 million yen ($1.78 million...