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Identity

Angie Andriot, Timothy J. Owens

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-04-24

Identity Introduction We outline four identity theories typically employed by contemporary social psychologists: personal identity, role identi...

Immigration

Irene Bloemraad, Edwin Lin

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Immigration Introduction The field of immigration research is broadly interested in understanding why people migrate across international borde...

Internet

Coye Cheshire, Ashwin Mathew

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-04-24

Internet Introduction The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks (a network of networks). It is a technical network (involving com...

Labor Markets

Matt L. Huffman

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-11-21

Labor Markets Introduction The sociology of labor markets is a large and diverse field reflecting the varied connotations of the concept of a ...

Law, Sociology of

Mathieu Deflem

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Sociology of Law Introduction The sociology of law refers to the sociological study of law and law-related phenomena, whereby law is typically ...

Life Course

Deborah Carr

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Life Course Introduction Sociology of the life course is a sophisticated theoretical paradigm designed to understand human lives. Four key ...

Marriage and Divorce

Nicholas Wolfinger

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Marriage and Divorce Introduction Marriage and divorce have been written about for thousands of years—both are prominently discussed in the Bi...

Marxist Sociology

Michael McCarthy, Jeff Manza

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Marxist Sociology Introduction Karl Marx (b. 1818–d. 1883) and his lifelong collaborator Friedrich Engels (b. 1820–d. 1895) developed a body of...

Masculinity

Michael Kimmel, Tristan Bridges

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Masculinity Introduction Masculinities studies is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study broadly concerned with the social construction of...

Medical Sociology

William Cockerham

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Medical Sociology Introduction Medical sociology, sometimes referred to as health sociology, is the study of the social causes and consequences...

Mental Illness

Krysia N. Mossakowski

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-12-19

Mental Illness Introduction A growing area in sociology investigates the social causes and consequences of mental health and illness. The soci...

Methodological Individualism

Lars Udehn

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-12-19

Methodological Individualism Introduction From the start, there have been, in philosophy and the social sciences, a number of debates about th...

Middle Classes

Scott T. Fitzgerald

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-11-21

Middle Classes Introduction Despite copious studies on the middle classes, there is no single, widely held definition of the middle class. Som...

Military Sociology

Morten G. Ender

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2013-03-19

Military Sociology Introduction Military sociology is a subfield of sociology. Military sociology is similar to medical sociology and other in...

Morality

Steven Hitlin

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

Morality Introduction The study of morality was once central to social thought and a primary concern of philosophers throughout recorded histo...

Multilevel Models

Andrew S. Fullerton

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2012-11-21

Multilevel Models Introduction Multilevel models are a set of statistical techniques for analyzing quantitative data measured at two or more le...

Nationalism

Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Christian Bracho

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Nationalism Introduction Nationalism has been defined in a variety of ways, but definitions are always rooted in the nation, which most scholar...

Occupations and Professions

Kyle Albert, Kim Weeden

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Occupations and Professions Introduction Sociologists have long been fascinated with occupations and professions, both as forms of social organ...

Organizations

Saylor Breckenridge, Scott Savage

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Organizations Introduction Organizations are, generally speaking, those stable elements of social life designed and created for the purpose of ...

Political Sociology

Jeff Manza

Subject: Sociology »

Date Added: 2011-07-27

Political Sociology Introduction Political sociology is the study of power and the relationship between societies, states, and political confli...

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