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Sociological Research Association
The Sociological Research Association is an honor society of sociological Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociology was coined in ... scholars founded in 1936. It was founded in the 1930s in opposition to the dominant Chicago school of sociology. And in the late 1960s, it was seen by some as a counterweight to the radical and anti-empirical activity of some leading sociologists. References Sources *Robert C. Banister (1991). ''Sociology and Scientism: The American Quest for Objectivity, 1880-1940.'' Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. *"Current Items" (1936). ''American Sociological Review'', 1(4): 650-651 * tatement by ''American Sociological Review'' Editorial Board about the new Sociological Research Association.] (December 1936)." Editorial Notes." ''American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociology was coined in the late 18th century to describe the scientific study of society. Regarded as a part of both the social sciences and humanities, sociology uses various methods of Empirical research, empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order and social change. Sociological subject matter ranges from Microsociology, micro-level analyses of individual interaction and agency (sociology), agency to Macrosociology, macro-level analyses of social systems and social structure. Applied sociological research may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, whereas Theory, theoretical approaches may focus on the understanding of social processes and phenomenology (sociology), phenomenologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago School (sociology)
The Chicago school (sometimes known as the ecological school) refers to a school of thought in sociology and criminology originating at the University of Chicago whose work was influential in the early 20th century. Conceived in 1892, the Chicago school first rose to international prominence as the epicenter of advanced sociological thought between 1915 and 1935, when their work would be the first major bodies of research to specialize in urban sociology. This was considered the Golden Age of Sociology, with influence on many of today's well known sociologists. Their research into the urban environment of Chicago would also be influential in combining theory and ethnographic fieldwork. Major figures within the first Chicago school included Nels Anderson, Ernest Burgess, Ruth Shonle Cavan, Edward Franklin Frazier, Everett Hughes, Roderick D. McKenzie, George Herbert Mead, Robert E. Park, Walter C. Reckless, Edwin Sutherland, W. I. Thomas, Frederic Thrasher, Louis Wirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Sociological Review
The ''American Sociological Review'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 1936. It is along with '' American Journal of Sociology'' considered one of the top journals in sociology. The editors-in-chief are David Cort ( University of Massachusetts Amherst), Laurel Smith-Doerr ( University of Massachusetts Amherst), and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey ( University of Massachusetts Amherst). History Founding For its first thirty years, the American Sociological Society (now the American Sociological Association) was largely dominated by the sociology department of the University of Chicago, and the quasi-official journal of the association was Chicago's ''American Journal of Sociology''. The creation of the ''American Sociological Review'' has been seen as a rebellion against the dominance of the Chicago School in sociology. In 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociological Organizations
This article is a list of sociological associations. It is intended to cover all professional associations dedicated to sociological inquiry or a subset thereof, whether or not the association is currently active. __NOTOC__ A * Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association *American Sociological Association * Armenian Sociological Association * Asia Pacific Sociological Association * Association for Humanist Sociology *Association for the Sociology of Religion, Formed in 1938 as the American Catholic Sociological Society * Association Francaise de Sociologie (France) * Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) * Australian Sociological Association * Azerbaijani Sociological Association B * Bangladesh Sociological Society (BSS)Berufsverband Deutscher Soziologinnen und Soziologen e.v.* Brazilian Sociological Society * British Sociological Association *Bulgarian Sociological Association C * California Sociological Association * Canadian Association of French-speaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
