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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 ...
Latino/Latina Studies
Zulema Valdez
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Latino/Latina Studies Introduction The US federal government Office of Management and Budget defines Latinos as a “Hispanic origin” group that...
Law and Society
Joachim J. Savelsberg, Lara L. Cleveland
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Law and Society Introduction Law and society studies address the mutual relationship between law and society with its different actors, instit...
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...
Leisure
Karla A. Henderson
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Leisure Introduction Leisure has been common in people’s lives throughout history. As a behavior, involvement in enjoyable games and activitie...
LGBT Parenting and Family Formation
Damien W. Riggs
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
LGBT Parenting and Family FormationIntroductionOver the past three decades, rapidly growing numbers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) ...
LGBT Social Movements
Amy L. Stone, Sarah Davis
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
LGBT Social MovementsIntroductionThe study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements mostly emerges out of the sociological s...
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 ...
Lipset, S.M.
Mildred A. Schwartz
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
S. M. Lipset Introduction Seymour Martin Lipset was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1922 and died in 2006. His parents were working-class Russ...
Management
Stewart Clegg
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Management Introduction The study of management enjoys a fairly short history, with management having been recognized as a fit subject for stu...
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...
Mass Incarceration in the United States and its Collateral Consequences
Meaghan Mingo, Anna R. Haskins
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2020-10-28
Mass Incarceration in the United States and Its Collateral ConsequencesIntroductionMass incarceration is characterized by comparatively and historical...
Mass Media
Rodney Benson, Tim Wood
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Mass Media Introduction While the “mass media” have long been an object of research, scholarly emphasis has shifted in recent decades from the...
Material Culture
Terence E. McDonnell, Kelcie Vercel
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Material CultureIntroductionBeginning with many of its earliest writings, sociology has a long tradition of theorizing the role of objects and materia...
Mathematical Sociology
Guillermina Jasso
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Mathematical SociologyIntroductionMathematical sociology is sociology expressed in the language of mathematics. It has no special subject matter or sp...
Mead, G.H.
Filipe Carreira da Silva
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
G.H. Mead Introduction George Herbert Mead was born on 27 February 1863, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, the son of a clergyman, Hiram Mead. I...
Medical Sociology
William Cockerham
Subject: Sociology »
Date Added: 2011-07-27
Medical SociologyIntroductionMedical sociology, sometimes referred to as health sociology, is the study of the social causes and consequences of healt...
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...
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