The social influence groups exert on us is tremendous, as seen by the Asch conformity experiments. The Milgram experiments demonstrated that the interpersonal influence of an authority figure could cause an individual to act against his or her deep convictions. The torture and abuse of Iraqi prisone...
Social criticism is a method of analyzing how the existing social structure creates sociological issues. Typically, a social critic proposes solutions to perceived injustices and calls for consensual reforms or radical changes to existing structures through revolution. Types of Social Criticism Social cri...
In the first part of the article we present different types of values used in psychological and sociological research of value orientation at individual and group level. Typologies are presented by Rokeach, Schwartz, Inglehart, Rescher, Vianu, Dumitru Cuco. In the second part of the paper a ...
The Impact of Race on Environmental Quality: An Empirical and Theoretical Discussion The article also discusses the link between the environmental justice movement, which seeks to confront the causes and consequences of environmental inequities,... Raquel,Pinderhughes - 《Sociological Perspectives》 被引...
Learn about social deviance and identify two types of deviance. Explore Durkheim's deviance theory, Merton's strain theory, and the functionalist...
Youth gender diverse (e.g., transgender or nonbinary) are more likely to be the target of violence in their school environment compared to their cisgender
Riparian vegetation is formed by a mosaic of different plant communities that can be grouped into distinct Structural Vegetation Types (SVTs) according to their main structural characteristics, i.e., the growth form and height of the dominant vegetation plane (layer): woodland, shrubland, and herb...
Explore the descent system. Learn the definition of the descent system and, through examples, understand its different types, such as the patrilineal descent system. Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents What is the Descent System? Why are Descent Systems Important? Types of Descent Systems ...
Perspectives are always peer reviewed and include received and accepted dates. Review A Review is an authoritative, balanced and scholarly survey of recent developments in a research field. The requirement for balance need not prevent authors from proposing a specific viewpoint, but if there are con...
Robin Celikates15 Three Types of Cosmopolitanism?Liberalism, Democracy, and Tian-xiaWhat makes a philosophical position cosmopolitan? I shall sketch an answer tothis question in four steps. First, I very roughly distinguish three varieties of cos-mopolitanism–cultural, moral, and political ...