Conversely, understanding congregating behaviors is crucial in sociology and event planning, where the dynamics of group formation and interaction are of interest. 11 These differences highlight the distinct contexts in which each term is used: aggregate is more commonly associated with quantitative ...
Geske Dijkstra is Professor of Governance and Global Development in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She combines research and teaching with carrying out studies and evaluations for development cooperation agencies. Her research interests evolve around issu...
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000 The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Aggregate in mineralogy and petrography, an accumulation and accretion of fragments of one or several minerals of...