Topic outline of sociology

Topic outline of sociology

:"For a more comprehensive list, see the List of sociology topics."

Sociology is the study of society and human social interaction. Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions. Someone working in the field of sociology is called a sociologist. As an academic discipline, sociology is considered a social science.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to sociology:

Essence of sociology

: "Main article: Sociology"

Basic aspects of sociology:
*Public sociology
*Social research
*Sociological theory and Social theory
*Sociological practice (or Applied sociology)

History of sociology

: "Main article: History of sociology"

Sociological theory

Some of the theoretical perspectives used in sociology are:
*Conflict theory
*Cultural theory
*Exchange theory
*Ethnomethodology
*Feminist theory
*Functionalism
*Marxism
*Phenomenology (the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz incluenced the development of the social constructionism of Berger and Luckmann and influenced Ethnomethodology)
*Postmodernism
*Poststructuralism
*Queer Theory
*Structural functionalism
*Symbolic interactionism
*Systems theory

Basic sociology concepts

:"Main articles: List of sociology topics and Sociological theory"

Alienation --
Bureaucracy --
Civil rights --
Crime --
Community --
Culture --
Discrimination --
Division of labour --
Equality --
Exploitation --
Freedom --
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft --
Globalization --
Group (sociology) --
Identity (social science) --
Ideology --
Industrialization --
Institution --
Interpersonal relationship --
Justice --
Mass media --
Paradigm --
Political economy --
Popular culture --
Poverty --
Power (sociology) --
Power-knowledge --
Racism --
Rationalization (sociology) --
Sexism --
Social action --
Social capital --
Social change --
Social class --
Social construction --
Social control --
Social justice --
Social movement --
Social network --
Social order --
Social organisation --
Social solidarity --
Social status --
Social stratification --
Social structure --
Socialization --
Society --
Structure and agency --
Sustainable development

Sociological scholars

These scholars greatly influenced the founding of sociology:
*Auguste Comte - Émile Durkheim - Karl Marx - George Herbert Mead - Vilfredo Pareto - Robert E. Park - Georg Simmel - Ferdinand Tönnies - Max Weber

See also

*List of sociology topics
*Subfields of sociology

Professional associations

* [http://www.afsanet.org/ African Sociological Association (AfSA)]
* [http://www.asanet.org/ American Sociological Association (ASA)]
* [http://www.tasa.org.au/ Australian Sociological Association (TASA)]
* [http://www.britsoc.co.uk/ British Sociological Association (BSA)]
* [http://www.sbsociologia.com.br/ Brazilian Sociological Society (SBS)]
* [http://www.csaa.ca/ Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)]
* [http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/ European Sociological Association (ESA)]
* [http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/ International Sociological Association (ISA)]
* [http://www.insoso.org/ Indian Sociological Society]
* [http://www.sociology.ie/ Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI)]

Other resources

* [http://www.sociology.org/ Electronic Journal of Sociology]
* [http://www.waset.org/ijhss/ International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences] IJHSS covers all areas of social sciences and humanities research, publishing refereed research articles, survey articles, and technical notes. Indexing or Abstracting is permitted with credit to the source.
* [http://www.waset.org/ijss/ International Journal of Social Sciences] IJSS covers all areas of social sciences and humanities research, publishing refereed research articles, survey articles, and technical notes. Indexing or Abstracting is permitted with credit to the source.
* [http://www.sociolog.com/ SocioLog] , a directory of sociology resources
* [http://www.sociosite.net/ SocioSite] , a directory of sociology resources


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