The purpose of this book is to examine how ideology operates_in the sense ofinfluencing the conduct of inquiry_in the policy sciences defined aseconomics politi... » 

The purpose of this book is to examine how ideology operates_in the sense ofinfluencing the conduct of inquiry_in the policy sciences defined aseconomics political science and sociology. In it Diesing critically exploresall the major schools of policyrelated social thought from 1930 to 1975.Richard Hartwig in his new introduction notes _In 1982 Diesing published aremarkable book entitled Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences. It wasthe best book I had read in a decade and it related directly to all the policysciences_. I consider this to be the most brilliant of Diesing_s books. Likeall of Diesing_s works it remains highly relevant today._ «