Sociology
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Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. In simple words sociology is the scientific study of society. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order and social change. While some sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes and phenomenological method. Subject matter can range from micro-level analyses of society (i.e. of individual interaction and agency) to macro-level analyses (i.e. of social systems and social structure). Read more...
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Associations
- American Sociological Association
- European Sociological Association
- International Sociological Association
Journals
- American Sociological Review
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Chinese Sociological Review
- Criminology
- European Sociological Review
- Gender and Society
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Rural Sociology
- Sociological Methodology
Resources
Interesting Communities
Other Useful Links
- Open Knowledge Repository
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- sciences.social (Mastodon)
- Marxist Internet Archive
- Situationist International Archive
- Sociology in Switzerland
- Constructivist E-Paper Archive
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Sociology is not a field that I am very familiar with, and so unfortunately I can't provide high-quality contributions... But I am curious and happy to ask questions.
What are some popular questions and/or topics that current sociologists are trying to answer?
On topics
I haven't read a journal in some time, so I'm not up to date, but I reckon that old topics always stay relevant.
Social Inequality is always an issue. Topics that frequently came up at uni are on immigration, education and family. I attended interesting seminars on violence (covering domestic violence and genocide), the complex origins of the Arab spring, the health sector and it's declining workforce. I've also seen good quality content on YouTube about the origin and history of systemic alcohol addiction in Russia and how Christianity lead to the nuclear family superseding the tribal family. The other day I realized that Fashion is a sociological microcosm. Sociology is all about looking at human behavior on a greater scale, identifying patterns on these scales and finding explanations for why this or that is the way it is. So you can imagine how broad the variety of topics can be.
Side Note
I guess you could split what sociologists write about into three areas: methodology (how to do science), theories (models of the world) and studies (a specific topic being investigated).