ABSTRACT
Allapproachestothestudyofsocietyarelocatedinaframeof referenceofonekindoranother.Differenttheoriestendtoreflect differentperspectives,issuesandproblemsworthyofstudy.and aregenerallybaseduponawholesetofassumptionswhichreflect aparticularviewofthenatureofthesubjectunderinvestigation. Thelasttwentyyearsorsohavewitnessedanumberofattempts onthepartofsociologiststodelineatethedifferenceswhich separatevariousschoolsofthoughtandthemeta-sociological assumptionswhichtheyreflect.
