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T. H. Marshall - Philosophy of Social Science
Modern political science pioneer Seymour Martin Lipset argues that Marshall proposes a model of social science based on the middle range analysis of social structures and institutions, as opposed to grand theories of the purposes of development and modernization, which were criticized by modern sociologists such as Robert K. Merton for being too speculative to provided valid results. . By using such a middle range approach, Marshall and his mentor L.T. Hobhouse believed that rigid class distinctions could be dissolved and middle class citizenship generalized. He also believed this would allow sociology to become an international discipline, helping "to increase mutual understanding between cultures" and further international co-operation. While employing some concepts from Marxist conflict theory, such as social class and revolution, Marshall's analyses are based on functionalist concerns with phenomena such as "consensus, the normal, and anomie; co-operation and conflict; structure and growth," within self-contained systems. . Rather than studying "society," which may include non-systemic elements, Marshall argues that the task of sociology is:

the analytical and explanatory study of social systems....a set of interrelated and reciprocal activities having the following characteristics. The activities are repetitive and predictable to the degree necessary, first, to permit of purposeful, peaceful and orderly behaviour of the members of the society, and secondly to enable the pattern of action to continue in being, that is to say to preseves its identity even while gradually changing its shape.

Whereas Marxists point to the internal contradictions of capital accumulation and class inequality (intra-systemic), Marshall sees phenomena which are anti-systemic as partly 'alien' to social system. undergroundman 05:34, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Re: Welcome to the Desert of the Real
You may want to look at my comments on Talk:Welcome_to_the_Desert_of_the_Real. Blanchette (talk) 06:09, 15 April 2017 (UTC)