List of basic sociology topics 28652 221078348 2008-06-22T23:30:35Z The Transhumanist 1754504 moved [[Topical outline of sociology]] to [[List of basic sociology topics]] over redirect: revert self {{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 [[Category:Basic topic lists|Sociology]] [[Category:Sociology]] [[Category:Sociology lists]]