Sociology Sociology The 'I' and the 'me' are terms central to the social philosophy of George Herbert Mead, one of the biggest influences on the development of the branch of sociology called symbolic-interactionism. The terms refer to the psychology of the person. ...more on Wikipedia about "'I' and the 'me'"
The term 4th World was coined by Manuel Castells to refer to black holes of social exclusion. 4th World is deliberatively opposed to 1st World, 2nd World and 3rd World, all of which imply a certain degree of connectivity. This connectivity is what is notably absent in the notion 4th World. ...more on Wikipedia about "4th World"
Sociological Abstraction refers to the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood. This idea is very similar to the philosophical understanding of abstraction. There are two basic levels of sociological abstraction: sociological concepts and operationalized sociological concepts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abstraction (sociology)"
Accumulation by dispossession is a concept presented by the marxist academic David Harvey, which define the neoliberal changes in many western nations from the 1970s and to the present day, as being guided by mainly four practices. These are privatization, financialization, management and manipulation of crises, and state redistributions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accumulation by dispossession"
Achieved status is a sociological term denoting a social position that a person assumes voluntarily which reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts. Examples of achieved status are being an Olympic athelete, being a criminal, or being a teacher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achieved status"
Achievement in British Education is a branch of British sociology which examines and discusses the factors influencing the achievement of pupils who are taught by the British education system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achievement in British Education"
Action in sociology, can either mean a basic action (one that has a meaning) or a more advanced social action, one that not only has a meaning but is directed at other humans and induces a response. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action (sociology)" This article is made on http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
In sociology and anthropology, an action group or task group is a group of people joined temporarily to accomplish some task or take part in some organised collective action. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action group"
Actor-network theory, sometimes abbreviated to ANT, is a theory of scientific, technological, and organizational fact developed by two leading French STS scholars, Michel Callon and Bruno Latour, and a British anthropologist, John Law. Broadly speaking, it is a constructivist theory in that it refuses to accept essentialist explanations of innovation (for example, explaining a successful theory by saying it is 'true' and the others are 'false'). However, it is distinguished from other STS and sociological network theories in that an actor-network contains not merely people, but also material objects and organisations. These are collectively referred to as Actant. One central part of this approach is the principle of generalized symmetry, which stipulates that human and non-human actors should be treated with the same vocabulary. Some scholars incorrectly use the term Actant to denote only the non-human actor. A successful actor network is achieved when innovators succeed in building a network that is capable of resisting external attack from human as well as non-human actors. ANT is among the theories commonly used by scholars in the interdisciplinary field known as Science and technology studies. It is also used in sociology and feminist studies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actor-network theory"
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AGIL is a Talcott Parsons paradigm. ...more on Wikipedia about "AGIL Paradigm"
An Agrarian society is one that is based on agriculture as its prime means for support and sustenance. The society acknowledges other means of livelihood and work habits but stresses on agriculture and farming. This has been or can be implemented successfully only in countries that have good farming lands. This was the belief of Pol Pot, autonomous leader of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agrarian society"
Alienation is estrangement or splitting apart. The term has specialized meanings in a variety of disciplines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alienation"
The phrase alternative society may have been in usage since the 19th century when Karl Marx and Proudhon represented two factions for alternative visions of social change. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alternative society"
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Altruism is alternately a belief, a practice, a habit, or an ethical doctrine. Many cultures and religious traditions judge altruism to be virtuous. In Buddhism it is considered a fundamental property of human nature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Altruism"
The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905 as the the American Sociological Society (ASS), is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Sociological Association"
Analytic frame is a detailed sketch or outline of some social phenomenon, representing initial idea of a scientist analyzing this phenomenon. Charles C. Ragin defines it as one of the four building blocks of social research (the other three being ideas ( social theories), evidence ( data) and images (new ideas synthetised from existing data). Thus analytic frames are used to elaborate on starting ideas and they would usually consist of a list of some key elements found in most of the analysed phenomena (for example, social movements). ...more on Wikipedia about "Analytic frame"
Analytic induction refers to a systematic examination of similarities between various social phenomena in order to develop concepts or ideas. Social scientists doing social research use analytic induction to search for those similarities in broad categories and then develop subcategories. For example, social scientist may examine the category of ' marihuana users' and then develop subcategories for 'uses marihuana for pleasure' and 'uses marihuana for health reasons'. If no relevant similarities can be identified, then either the data needs to be reevaluated and the definition of similarities changed, or the category is too wide and heterogenous and should be narrowed down. ...more on Wikipedia about "Analytic induction"
An anglophile is considered to be a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. American Anglophiles will often spell words with a British distinction, such as writing the word color as colour, or flavor as flavour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anglophile"
L'Année Sociologique was a sociology journal founded in 1898 by Émile Durkheim, who also served as its editor. It was published annually until 1925, and returned to publication as Annales Sociologique between 1934 and 1942. After WWII it returned to publication as L'Année Sociologique and remains in publication today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Annee Sociologique"
Anomie, in contemporary English, means a condition or malaise in individuals, characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or values. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anomie"
Antinaturalism is a view in sociology which states that the natural world and the social world are different. It is closely related to antipositivism, and is the opposite of sociological naturalism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antinaturalism"
Antipositivism is the view in sociology that social sciences need to create and use different scientific methods than those used in the field of natural sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antipositivism"
Appropriation in sociology is, according to Justin M. Sosnoski, "the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework...[the] arrogation, confiscation, [or] seizure of concepts." According to Tracy B Strong it contains the Latin root proprius, which, "carries the connotations not only of property, but also of proper, stable, assured and indeed of common or ordinary." She elaborates: "I have appropriated something when I have made it mine, in a manner that I feel comfortable with, that is in a manner to which the challenges of others will carry little or no significance. A text, we might then say, is appropriated when its reader does not find himself or herself called into question by it, but does find him or herself associated with it. A successfully appropriated text no longer troubles the appropriator that it has become a part of his or her understanding, and it is recognized by others as 'owned,' not openly available for interpretation." According to Gloria Anzaldúa, "the difference between appropriation and proliferation is that the first steals and harms; the second helps heal breaches of knowledge." ...more on Wikipedia about "Appropriation (sociology)"
In sociology, articulation labels the process by which particular classes appropriate cultural forms and practices for their own use. The term appears to have originated from the work of Antonio Gramsci, specifically from his conception of superstructure. Mouffe (1979), Hall (1981), and others have adopted or used it. (Middleton 1990, p.8) ...more on Wikipedia about "Articulation (sociology)"
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