List of basic sociology topics
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{{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 [[social contact|contacts]] between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of [[globalization|global social processes]]. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as [[individual]]s or as members of [[Voluntary association|associations]], [[Group (sociology)|groups]], and [[social institution|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 ==
{{main|Sociological theory}}
Some of the theoretical perspectives used in sociology are:
*[[Conflict theory]]
*[[Cultural theory]]
*[[Exchange theory]]
*[[Ethnomethodology]]
*[[Feminist theory]]
*[[Functionalism (sociology)|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]]''
[[Social alienation|Alienation]] --
[[Bureaucracy]] --
[[Civil rights]] --
[[Crime]] --
[[Community]] --
[[Culture]] --
[[Discrimination]] --
[[Division of labour]] --
[[Social equality|Equality]] --
[[Exploitation]] --
[[Freedom (political)|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 ==
{{main|List of sociologists}}
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]]
{{List resources}}
===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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