>stories created for politically motivated reasons I think this sums up why sociology should not play any role in policy making, and why its track record is so poor whenever it does.

Sociology is process of rationalizing leftist social policy with the guise of science. In practice, it is just a modern form of Lysenkoism.

There is nothing theoretically wrong with studying human behavior, it is just too easy to always find the answer you are looking for in such an unrigorous environment.