This course is divided in four parts. In the first part, we will discuss various definitions of "sociological theory" and reflect on approaches to studying theories, including the sociology of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Despite being a decade into the 21st century, sociological theory continues to be taught at the undergraduate and graduate level in nearly ...

Sociologists study human behavior and the nearly infinite complexities of social relationships. Close study of sociologists will show you that they themselves tend to fall into the profession through ...

An academic at the University has developed work into understanding the nature and processes of evil, and what role it has in society; delivering students with an entirely fresh sociological topic. Dr ...

This paper discusses the log-multiplicative association model and demonstrates how it can be used in a variety of research situations in which ordinal variables are encountered. The examples pertain ...

This refers to a theory of social behaviour which states that the behaviour of human beings is influenced significantly by the way other members in society label them. It has been used to explain a ...

When a student makes an academic or vocational choice, what they are negotiating is one of the interfaces between them as an individual and society. Career development and guidance theories therefore ...

This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...