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	Sociology - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sociology is the study of social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions.
		Sociology is interested in our behavior as social beings; thus the sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes.
		Sociology as a discipline emerged in the 19th century as an academic response to the challenge of modernity: as the world is becoming smaller and more integrated, people's experience of the world is increasingly atomized and dispersed.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Sociology (2241 words)

	Sociology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sociology is a social science on the study of the social lives of people, groups, and societies, sometimes defined as the study of social interactions.
		Sociology as a scientific discipline emerged in the early 19th century as an academic response to the challenge of modernity: as the world was becoming smaller and more integrated, people's experience of the world was increasingly atomized and dispersed.
		In 1919 a sociology department was established in Germany at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich by Max Weber and in 1920 in Poland by Florian Znaniecki.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sociology (2554 words)

	Talk:Sociology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There might be good interdepartmental politics reasons within universities for promoting sociology as a science, but speaking as a sociologist myself, I'm of the view that 'colourful conglomerate consisting of very different parts' is a more apt description of sociology than is the term 'science'.
		As I said, dear anonymous participant, please show us an introductionary academic text about sociology (from the US or from somewhere else) that mentions Oppenheimer in the same league as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, and I'll be happy to include him so prominently in the article.
		P.P.S. (sorry): Even http://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/institut/geschichte1.htm says that Oppenheimer was seen as an outsider to sociology even at his time, and mentiones his influence not on sociology, but on the policy of the Federal Republic of Germany via Ludwig Erhard and others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Sociology (4605 words)

	Micro-sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sociological Explanations between Micro and Macro and the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitativ An article by Udo Kelle (University of Vechta) providing an overview of the important methodological discussions surrounding the basic questions of mixed (qualitative and quantitative) method designs in sociology.
		Sociology in Canada Provides links to sociology departments at all major universities in Canada, sociology conferences in Canada, and Canadian sociology journals and associations.
		Environmental sociology, sociology of cyberspace, risk perception and communication, sociology of biotechnology, blood safety, nuclear safety.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Micro-sociology.html (353 words)

	Pepperdine University - Seaver College - Social Science Division
		Above all, sociology should be thought of as a special form of consciousness a unique perspective for examining the social environment.
		Sociology teachers are frequently asked this question: "What can I do with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology?" Sociology is a valuable liberal arts major for students who find themselves competing with other liberal arts majors for their jobs.
		Sociology is especially applicable to careers in social research, criminology, demography, counseling, social work, and social psychology.
	seaver.pepperdine.edu /socialscience/academics/socmaj.htm (457 words)

	Sociology - The New School for Social Research
		While sociology is one of the sciences, it is also one of the arts-fed by the sort of creative imagination that is so evident in drama, music, poetry, and fiction-and an exploration of this relationship between science and art will be the essence of this course.
		We will focus primarily on what unites-and secondarily on what divides-these theorists and their contributions to the canon of sociological knowledge: the confrontation with the dualism of subject and object, criticism of utilitarian thought and normative political philosophy, the epistemological break with primary experience, theories of power and solidarity, the sociological discourse of modernity.
		Critically analyzing the ways in which the term culture is used by social scientists and other scholars, we consider a broad range of activities and objects, ranging from the rarified to the ordinary, the prestigious to the everyday.
	www.newschool.edu /gf/soc/courses-bulletin.htm (4308 words)

	RATIONAL CHOICE AND SOCIOLOGY
		To better assess the validity of their thesis that most sociology is grounded in rational choice, let us briefly examine each of th ese two characteristics of rational choice.
		As he states, "most structural properties and changes are the unforseen consequences of the actions of individuals pursuing their own ends." Hence while proposing to exile rational-choice from sociology by restric ting its scope to exclude individual behavior, Blau engages in exactly the sort of analysis he condemns.
		Focusing on her primary area of study, the sociology of aging, she examines both the "possib le convergence" of the two theories, and describes several promising ways in whi ch each can learn from the other.
	people.cornell.edu /pages/ddh22/as.html (4329 words)

	Sociological Concepts and Trade Unions: Genie 4 Custom Term Papers
		In other words, micro sociologists tend to forget that actors, because of their very unequal access to the economic, political and cultural means of production, contribute unequally to the construction of social reality.
		A third reason for the neglect of macro actors in interpretative sociology is the all-pervasive association of agency with the micro and institutional structures with the macro level of analysis.
		Micro sociology ignores all of this, insisting that actors and face-to-face interactions belong to the micro, and institutional structures to the macro level.
	www.termpapergenie.com /SociologicalConcepts.html (3254 words)

	Oberlin College Course Catalog
		Sociology is concerned with the study of social phenomena—the self, groups, community solidarity, economic and political behavior, inequality, culture and values, social organization, institutions—in societies of various types and levels of development.
		Modern sociology was born in the context of the transition from traditional to modern societies in the West.
		Classical sociology arose in response to social problems opened up by the advent of industrial society, from the disintegration of community and the decline of religion to class conflict, and the rationalization of social life.
	www.oberlin.edu /catalog/college/soc.html (2453 words)

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		The division of sociological thought into'the two sociologies' emerges from interaction between a continued attachment to individualist, liberal ideals of autonomy and freedom and the organization of sociology around theories of 'action'.
		Sociology had become organized around a dismissal of psychology, producing a schism in its understanding of human social life which Parsons' appropriation of psychoanalysis could only approach from the other side.
		Its primary contribution may be to make it easier to see sociologies of networks, interdependence, relations, habitus and emotions - the bottom, hybridified half of sociology's modern constitution - as well as, rather than instead of, the sociologies of action and structure and the various attempts to bridge, link and synthesise them.
	www.usyd.edu.au /su/social/elias/confpap/order.html (14347 words)

	Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These are some of the findings from the first phase of a three-year study by the University of KwaZulu Natal's schools of education and sociology.
		Next fall he'll be a full-time associate professor of sociology at the University of Great Falls.
		Sara S. McLanahan, a sociology professor at Princeton University and director of the Center for Research on Child Well-Being, said most often unwed mothers...
	www.wikiverse.org /sociology (1164 words)

	Sociology Faculty - Randall Collins, Ph.D.
		Sociology Faculty - Randall Collins, Ph.D. Randall Collins, Ph.D.
		“Sociology and Philosophy.” in Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek, and Bryan Turner (eds.) International Handbook of Sociology.
		The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change.
	www.ssc.upenn.edu /soc/People/collinsrandall.html (295 words)

	Department of Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He has published articles in journals including Sociology of Religion, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Social Psychology Quarterly on a mix of topics on religion and community, including Christian communities in Brazil and Chile, Catholic church attendance, the ordination of women, and a movement of gay and lesbian Catholics.
		He was elected to the Council for the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and is currently serving as an Associate Editor for Sociology of Religion.
		She is the author of articles in journals including Sociological Inquiry, The Clinical Gerontologist, Journal of Loss and Trauma, Sociology of Health and Illness and the International Journal of Aging and Development, and Social Science and Medicine.
	www.cas.usf.edu /sociology/faculty.htm (1248 words)

	Courses in Sociology
		Concepts and theories from sociology and social psychology selected for their relevance to organizational behavior.
		Intensive investigation of theories and research findings pertaining to a specific topic in the area of sociology of gender, such as feminization of poverty, gender and politics, women's role in economic development, reproductive technology, gender and aging, and work and family roles.
		Prerequisites: Admission to the master's program in sociology and consent of the chair of the student's thesis committee.
	www.albany.edu /grad/courses/a_soc.html (1412 words)

	Course Syllabus Introductory Sociology Fall 2000
		This course provides an introduction to the basic theories, methods, and concepts of sociology and to the study of society from the sociological perspective.
		Topics covered include: micro sociology, culture, social structure, socialization, deviance, social control, sex roles and sexual stratification, race and ethnic relations, stratification, McDonaldization, population, and social change.
		Students will be able to (a) recognize the basic perspectives and concepts of sociology and (b) apply these ideas to contemporary society and social issues.
	uhaweb.hartford.edu /DOANE/INTRO00.htm (1235 words)

	Instructor's Notes
		Sociology is the study of group life and those aspects of individual lives that are affected by social interaction.
		Micro issues: how individuals act within the context of these large structures.
		Micro and macro sociology are different for their subject matter.
	www.csuchico.edu /~twaters/syllabi/SOCI001_SP98/1week1.html (1928 words)

	Some Amendments to Social Exchange Theory: A Sociological Perspective
		In contemporary sociology, notably sociological social psychology (Stolte, Fine, and Cook 2001), one of the most prominent and ambitious (Alexander, 1990; Cook, 2000) theoretical conceptions is probably exchange theory.
		The task of social exchange theory is then to investigate the reciprocal (mainly material) advantages that individuals draw from their exchange transactions on the premise that they engage in and sustain most social, including noneconomic, relations in the rational expectations of such advantages independently of normative or group considerations.
		Hence, the exchange approach in sociology is described as the “economic analysis of noneconomic social situations” (Emerson, 1976: 336).
	theoryandscience.icaap.org /content/vol004.002/01_zafirovski.html (10389 words)

	SOCIOLOGY 101 - HUMAN SOCIETY
		The course is designed to provide students with an overview of the field of sociology as well as to provide students with a basic framework for analyzing human interaction.
		To understand different perspectives or theories used in sociology and to apply these theories to social phenomenon.
		A student with five (5) cuts will be dismissed from the course with a grade of "F" if he or she has a grade of "D+" or less at the time of the 5th cut.
	www.washjeff.edu /users/smiller/101SYL2000.htm (499 words)

	Sociology C Micro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Written by three Villanova sociology professors, each of whom has recieved awards both for teaching and for scholarship, Sociology: Micro, Macro and Mega Structures has a number of features which make it particularly accessible to students.
		Micro, macro and mega: The conception of social structure as a set of Chinese boxes, ranging from the personal level of face-to-face interactions to global trends, is one of its central ways to stimulate the >sociological imagination.@ Any process can be viewed at a number of different levels.
		Sociology through Science Fiction: Literature is always useful in helping to concretize and apply sociological ideas.
	www94.homepage.villanova.edu /peter.knapp/Itext.htm (284 words)

	The Department of Sociology
		Within this broad area, I am specifically interested in the transition from classical to contemporary sociological theory, the expansion of American sociology, and the emergence of interrelated schools of thought, particularly symbolic interactionism, psychoanalysis, the philosophy of language and ethnomethodology.
		In recent years I have investigated the verbal components of both shy and self-confident behavior and have been involved in an extensive program of applied research concerning doctor-patient interaction, and professional talk in general.
		Invited lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Salford, England, 5 March.
	www.csuohio.edu /sociology/philip.htm (1233 words)

	Level 3 Courses, Sociology, McMaster
		Theory provides the discipline of sociology with both a conceptual foundation and a historical perspective.
		Collin's work deals with status, age, gender, economic and educational stratification, the sociology of intellectuals and the origins of academic disciplines (psychology, in particular) and his work can be understood as an attempt to combine the macro work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim with the micro sociology of Goffman, Garfinkel, exchange theory and network theory.
		We will also be introduced to Collins' sociology of intellectuals, and his attempt to offer a sociological analysis of the origins of disciplines (particularly his influential and controversial analysis of the rise of psychology).
	socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /sociology/0304FallWinter/Level_3_3P3.htm (706 words)

	Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sociology has some links with social psychology, but the former is more interested in social structures and the later in social behaviors
		These latter studies might be better named as Forensic psychology.
		See also: criminology, disabilities, education, etiquette, Frankfurt School, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, gender & sexuality;, Marxism, mass media, media studies, Milgram experiment, revolution, social engineering, political economy, race & ethnicity;, social control, social movements, tautology, teleology, theory, sociological imagination, socioeconomic systems, racism, social order, social structure, social issue, scale (social sciences), Important publications in sociology
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/sociology.html (1006 words)

	4/12/05, Dorothy Thomas Professor of Sociology - Almanac, Vol. 51, No. 28
		Collins is a leading contemporary social theorist whose areas of expertise include the macro-historical sociology of political and economic change; micro-sociology, including face-to-face interaction; and the sociology of intellectuals and social conflict.
		In addition to his appointment in the sociology department, he is a member of the criminology department, the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict and the graduate groups in both comparative literature and the history and sociology of science.
		Before he joined the faculty in 1997, Dr. Collins was professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California at Riverside.
	www.upenn.edu /almanac/volumes/v51/n28/rc.html (381 words)

	Learn more about Sociology in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Learn more about Sociology in the online encyclopedia.
		Enter a phrase or search word in the box below.
		Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/so/sociology.html (910 words)

	Further Notes on Sociological Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Before we can discuss the basic features of sociological theory, it should be noted that Sociology can be classified as a discipline that deals with either large broad issues or very specific ones.
		Moreover, sociology can be highly empiricist showing a strong preference with the collection of empirical data and even assuming that the "facts speak for themselves"(without the need for much theory) or or highly abstract grand theorizing that does not seek to collect much factual evidence.
		On the macro/micro split there is a useful "map of sociological theory" that traces the two traditions and some of the representative schools and scholars.
	www.unm.edu /~nvaldes/371/Lect2.htm (945 words)

	List of sociology topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of terms in sociology.
		habitus -- health maintenance organization -- hegemony -- heterophobia -- heterosexuality -- hidden curriculum -- high-trust systems -- higher circles -- higher education -- historical materialism -- historical sociology -- homophobia -- homosexuality -- housework -- hunting and gathering society -- human ecology -- hybridity -- hyperreality -- hypothesis --
		value -- variable -- verstehen -- vertical mobility -- vested interest -- victimless crime -- violence -- visual sociology --
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_sociological_topics (314 words)

	Curriculum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Applied Statistics: Math 217 (Statistical skill is central to sociology, and this course teaches basic skills necessary for later courses.)
		Sociology involves investigation of a number of key areas, each of which is in some ways unique.
		The sociology curriculum at Hanover involves five substantive areas of investigation (micro-sociology, analysis of institutions, social inequality, deviance, and social dynamics.) In order to ensure breadth of understanding of the discipline, students are required to take the Micro ("Self and Social Interaction") and at least one course from three of the other four areas.
	www.hanover.edu /academics/soc/currics2.html (345 words)

	SOCI2100: PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY - CHAPTER 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Micro sociology is concerned primarily with understanding social interaction and the exchanges it entails.
		Micro sociological theories are designed to explain the regularities or patterns that arise out of interactions and exchanges, especially those involving face-to-face relationship.
		There are two basic sociological approaches to micro theory: Symbolic interaction theory and exchange theory (sometimes called rational choice theory).
	www.nccu.edu /~huang/ch2103.htm (1720 words)

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