- Outline of sociology
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See also: Index of sociology articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the discipline of sociology.
Sociology – studies society[1] using various methods of empirical investigation[2] and critical analysis[3] to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.[4]
Contents
Essence of sociology
Main article: SociologyBasic aspects of sociology:
- Positivism
- Antipositivism
- Structural functionalism
- Conflict theory
- Public sociology
- Social research
- Social theory
- social subject matter
History of sociology
Key theoretical perspectives in sociology
- Critical theory
- Conflict theory
- Cultural theory
- Exchange theory
- Ethnomethodology
- Feminist theory
- Functionalism
- Marxism/Marxist sociology
- Social Phenomenology
- Postmodernism
- Poststructuralism
- Psychoanalytic sociology
- Queer Theory
- Rational choice theory
- Structural functionalism
- Symbolic interactionism
- Systems theory
Basic sociology concepts
- Main articles: List of sociology topics and Subfields of sociology
Alienation -- Bureaucracy -- Civil inattention -- Civil rights -- Crime -- Commodity fetishism -- Community -- Consumerism -- Cultural capital -- Culture -- Discrimination -- Division of labour -- Equality -- Exploitation -- Freedom -- Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft -- Globalization -- Group -- Ideal type -- Identity -- Ideology -- Industrialization -- Institution -- Interpersonal relationship -- Justice -- Mass media -- Modernity -- Nature versus nurture -- Paradigm shift -- Political economy -- Popular culture -- Postmodernity -- Poverty -- Power -- Power-knowledge -- Racism -- Rationalisation -- Reflexivity -- Secularisation -- Sexism -- Social action -- Social capital -- Social change -- Social class -- Social construction -- Social cohesion -- Social control -- Social evolutionism -- Social justice -- Social mobility -- Social movement -- Social network -- Social order -- Social organisation -- Social solidarity -- Social status -- Social stratification -- Social structure -- Socialization -- Society -- Structure and agency -- Sustainable development
Related fields and subfields
Main article: Subfields of sociology- Sociology of ...
Related disciplines
Sociological scholars
Main article: List of sociologistsSociological publications
- List of important publications in sociology
See also
References
- ^ "Comte, Auguste, A Dictionary of Sociology (3rd Ed), John Scott & Gordon Marshall (eds), Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0198609868, ISBN 978-0198609865
- ^ Ashley D, Orenstein DM (2005). Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Pearson Education. pp. 3–5, 32–36.
- ^ Ashley D, Orenstein DM (2005). Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Pearson Education. pp. 3–5, 38–40.
- ^ Giddens, Anthony, Duneier, Mitchell, Applebaum, Richard. 2007. Introduction to Sociology. Sixth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Chapter 1.
External links
Professional associations
- International Sociological Association (ISA)
- African Sociological Association (AfSA)
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
- British Sociological Association (BSA)
- Brazilian Sociological Society (SBS)
- Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
- European Sociological Association (ESA)
- Indian Sociological Society
- Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI)
Other resources
- Electronic Journal of Sociology
- SocioLog, a directory of sociology resources
- SocioSite, a directory of sociology resources
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