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    A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,: 14 ...
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    Indian Sociological Society (ISS) International Institute of Sociology (IIS) International Sociological Association (ISA) Latin American Sociological Association...
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  • Social thought provides general theories to explain actions and behavior of society as a whole, encompassing sociological, political, and philosophical...
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    Jie Zhang (2012). Strain theory is a sociological and criminological theory developed in 1938 by Robert K. Merton. The theory states that society puts...
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    Ultimate Values in Sociological Theory." International Journal of Ethics, Vol.45. 1935. pp.282-316. Bourricaud, F. 'The Sociology of Talcott Parsons'...
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    Znaniecki developed a sociology department in Poland to expand research and teachings there. With the lack of sociological theory being taught at the University...
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    very beginning of the sociology of law. The sociological theories of Eugen Ehrlich and Georges Gurvitch were early sociological contributions to legal...
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    ISBN 0-19-860986-8, ISBN 978-0-19-860986-5 Ashley D, Orenstein DM (2005). Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, US: Pearson...
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    In sociology, field theory examines how individuals construct social fields, and how they are affected by such fields. Social fields are environments...
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    Control theory in sociology is the idea that two control systems—inner controls and outer controls—work against our tendencies to deviate. Control theory can...
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  • Interpersonal theory of suicide Label (sociology) Labeling Labeling theory Leprosy stigma Loser Passing (sociology) Post-assault mistreatment of sexual...
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  • Middle-range theory, developed by Robert K. Merton, is an approach to sociological theorizing aimed at integrating theory and empirical research. It is...
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  • The sociological theory of diffusion is the study of the diffusion of innovations throughout social groups and organizations. The topic has seen rapid...
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    Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective that analyzes micro-sociological accounts of everyday social interactions through the analogy of performativity...
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    contexts in sociological intellectual production.[citation needed] For the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, the task of the sociology of sociology is to...
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  • Filter theory is a sociological theory concerning dating and mate selection. It proposes that social structure limits the number of eligible candidates...
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    of enquiry, sociology of politics is a sociological reductionist account of politics (e.g. exploring political areas through a sociological lens), whereas...
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    Criminology (redirect from Criminal theory)
    University Press. Cohen, A. K. (1965). The Sociology of the Deviant Act: Anomie Theory and Beyond. American Sociological Review, 30. Horning, A. et al. (2020)...
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  • Max Weber, whose antipositivism established an alternative to prior sociological positivism and economic determinism, rooted in the analysis of social...
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    Mathematical sociology is an interdisciplinary field of research concerned with the use of mathematics within sociological research. Starting in the early...
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  • ISBN 9781472414748. Scimecca, Joseph A. (1977). "The sociological imagination and its uses." In The sociological theory of C. Wright Mills. Port Washington: Kennikat...
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    Horkheimer 1982, 244. Ritzer, George (2008). "Sociological Theory". From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory (and Beyond). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill...
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  • conflict theory and functionalism. Using the sociological imagination to analyze feature films is somewhat important to the average sociological standpoint...
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    Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory that develops from practical considerations and alludes to humans' particular use of shared language...
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    Theory of generations (or sociology of generations) is a theory posed by Karl Mannheim in his 1928 essay, "Das Problem der Generationen," and translated...
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    direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history generally repeat themselves in cycles. Such a theory does not...
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    for sociological research, which relates to the fact that historical research is often based on only few cases and that many sociological theories are...
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    Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. ISBN 0-19-285237-X Parsons, T., (1961) Theories of Society: foundations of modern sociological theory, Free Press, New York...
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    C. (2001). World-Systems Theorizing. Handbook of Sociological Theory. https://irows.ucr.edu/cd/theory/wst1.htm Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Theorizing." Annual Review of Sociology, 6: 187–212 (August 1980). Cohen, B. P. (1989). Developing sociological knowledge: theory and method (2nd ed.). Chicago:...
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