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Caste
Surinder Jodhka
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Caste Introduction Caste is popularly understood as a “closed system” of social stratification in which social groups, often divided on the bas...
Chicago School of Sociology
Mary Jo Deegan
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Chicago School of Sociology Introduction The Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago established an early intellectual and profess...
Chinese Society
Xianbi Huang
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Chinese Society Introduction Chinese society, with the largest population and one of the oldest civilizations in the world, is experiencing co...
Citizenship
Yasemin Soysal
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Citizenship Introduction Long a purview of legal and normative political theories, citizenship has made its way in noticeable strides into the ...
Class
Jeff Manza
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Class Introduction No concept is more widely used in sociology than that of “class.” Rooted in the writings of Marx and Engels, as well as Webe...
Community
Zachary P. Neal
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Community Introduction Community is a broad topic within sociology, the social sciences generally, and indeed even in the natural and physical...
Consumption
Ian Woodward
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Consumption Introduction A rudimentary definition of consumption emphasizes the purchase and use of goods or services, noting that the point o...
Criminology
Sara Wakefield
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Criminology Introduction Criminology is a broad subfield drawing from a number of academic disciplines. Beyond its historically strong ties to ...
Culture, Sociology of
Brian Steensland
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Sociology of Culture Introduction Culture is the symbolic-expressive dimension of social life. In common usage, the term “culture” can mean the...
Development
Andrew Schrank
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Development Introduction Development occupies an ambiguous position in contemporary sociology. It is simultaneously a cause (or correlate) of p...
Deviance
Dick Hobbs
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Deviance Introduction The study of deviant behavior, although now partially obscured by the relentless expansion of criminology, remains central...
Discrimination
Issa Kohler-Hausmann
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Discrimination Introduction Discrimination is an action or practice that excludes, disadvantages, or merely differentiates between individuals ...
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Rashawn Ray
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
W. E. B. Du Bois Introduction William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (b. 1868–d. 1963) was a pioneering social theorist, methodologist, public sociolo...
Durkheim, Émile
Alexander Riley
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Émile Durkheim Introduction David Émile Durkheim was born on 15 April 1858, in Épinal, France, in the region of Lorraine. His influential, co...
Economic Sociology
Frederick Wherry
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Economic Sociology Introduction Economic sociology is the study of the relationship between society and the market. The field incorporates insi...
Education
Kristin Jordan, Jennifer C. Lee
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Education Introduction Sociology of education includes the study of all aspects of education ranging from the organization of schools themselve...
Elites
Shamus Khan
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Elites Introduction Elites are those who have vastly disproportionate access to or control over a social resource. Such resources have transfer...
Emotions
Kathryn J. Lively
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Emotions Introduction The sociology of emotion is a relatively new field. Developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the sociology of emotion...
Entrepreneurship
Patricia H. Thornton, Ling Yang
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Entrepreneurship Introduction Entrepreneurship as an engine of innovation and job creation is a mechanism for changing the distribution of soc...
Family
Lisa M. Warner, Brian Powell
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Family Introduction Family is among the most important social institutions—if not the most important. Sociologists recognize the centrality of ...
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