2.Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole. [Frenchsociologie:socio-,socio-+-logie,study(from Greek-logiā; see-logy).] so′ci·o·log′ic(-ə-lŏj′ĭk),so′ci·o·log′i·cal(-ĭ-kəl)adj. ...
Sociological research is used by sociologists to answer questions and in many cases test hypotheses. The research method one uses depends upon the question that is asked. Is sociological research scientific? Sociological research is derived from the scientific method, meaning that it relies on empirica...
The article analyzes of the content and context of research on occupations and professions in Soviet sociology from 1960 to the 1980s. It describes the key topics of observations of professional groups, gives definitions of occupations and professions in Soviet social sciences, and analyzes ...
2024 Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World doi: 10.1177/23780231241275430 Social media is increasingly important for discussing a myriad of topics, including the sometimes contentious topics of science and religion. Although existing work on why people avoid conversations on social media has ...
this volume is explicitly trans-Atlantic in terms of its contributors and the topics and theories they discuss. This book offers ten informative chapters as well as two commentaries, written by some of the leading practitioners of criminological theory and research today. Among the theoretical traditi...
to say about a wide range of methodological topics. SM seeks contributions to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods that address the full range of methodological problems confronted by empirical research in the social sciences, including conceptualization, data analysis, data collection, measurement...
The findings relate to the backgrounds of the authors (race, gender, sectoral, institutional and departmental affiliation) and to the nature of the articles (collaboration, methodology, and topics). The inferences that are drawn from these could assist in determining the directions sociological ...
Few topics in the social sciences have witnessed as dramatic an increase in scholarly attention over the past two decades as the topic of risk. In this essay we examine sociological approaches to risk in criminological research and theor... Leon,Anderson,Michelle,... - 《Sociology Compass》 被...
We find first that sociology seems to have traded centrality in the field of social sciences for internal cohesion: sociology is central, but not nearly as well bounded as neighboring disciplines such as economics or law. Internally, sociology appears to have moved away from research topics ...
This volume documents thinking, frameworks and processes that are actively shaping the medical sociology research of today. It covers a wide range of topics ranging from the morality of death and euthanasia to the conflict that exists between different status health care providers. Sociological ...