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title="Social equity">Social equity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)">Social power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_stratification" title="Social stratification">Social stratification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_structure" title="Social structure">Social structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_cycle_theory" title="Social cycle theory">Social cycle theory</a></li></ul> </div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddddff;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Sociological_theory" title="Sociological theory">Perspectives</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conflict_theories" title="Conflict theories">Conflict theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Critical_theory" title="Critical theory">Critical theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Structural_functionalism" title="Structural functionalism">Structural functionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Positivism" title="Positivism">Positivism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_constructionism" title="Social constructionism">Social constructionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_darwinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Social darwinism">Social darwinism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbolic_interactionism" title="Symbolic interactionism">Symbolic interactionism</a></li></ul> </div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddddff;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Branches_of_sociology" class="mw-redirect" title="Branches of sociology">Branches</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerontology" title="Gerontology">Aging</a></li> 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title="Economic sociology">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_education" title="Sociology of education">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_emotions" title="Sociology of emotions">Emotion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_aspects_of_jealousy" title="Social aspects of jealousy">Jealousy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_sociology" title="Environmental sociology">Environmental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_the_family" title="Sociology of the family">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_sociology" title="Feminist sociology">Feminist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiscal_sociology" title="Fiscal sociology">Fiscal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_food" title="Sociology of food">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_gender" title="Sociology of gender">Gender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theory_of_generations" title="Theory of generations">Generations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_health_and_illness" title="Sociology of 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sociology">Marxist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_sociology" title="Mathematical sociology">Mathematic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_sociology" title="Medical sociology">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_sociology" title="Military sociology">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociomusicology" title="Sociomusicology">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_peace,_war,_and_social_conflict" title="Sociology of peace, war, and social conflict">Peace, war, and social conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_philosophy" title="Sociology of philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_sociology" title="Political sociology">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_sociology" title="Public sociology">Public</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_punishment" title="Sociology of punishment">Punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_race_and_ethnic_relations" title="Sociology of race and ethnic relations">Race and 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structure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Giddens_Intro_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Giddens_Intro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature_of_sociology">Nature of sociology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_sociology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nature of sociology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading 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Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published. There are many sociology-related scientific journals. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_science" title="Social science">Social science</a> – field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essence_of_sociology">Essence of sociology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_sociology&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Essence of sociology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Overall">Overall</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_sociology&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Overall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">Sociology</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Globalization">Globalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_behavior" title="Human behavior">Human behavior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_impact_on_the_environment" title="Human impact on the environment">Human environmental impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identity_(social_science)" title="Identity (social science)">Identity</a></li> <li>Industrial revolutions <a href="/wiki/Digital_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Revolution">3</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Industrial_Revolution" title="Fourth Industrial Revolution">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_complexity" title="Social complexity">Social complexity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_environment" title="Social environment">Social environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_equality" title="Social equality">Social equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_equity" title="Social equity">Social equity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)">Social power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_stratification" title="Social stratification">Social stratification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_structure" title="Social structure">Social structure</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branches_of_sociology">Branches of sociology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_sociology&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Branches of sociology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Subfields_of_sociology" title="Category:Subfields of sociology">Category:Subfields of sociology</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" 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the history of science</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_sociology" title="Sociology of sociology">Sociology of sociology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_space" title="Sociology of space">Sociology of space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_sport" title="Sociology of sport">Sociology of sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_terrorism" title="Sociology of terrorism">Sociology of terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_sociology" title="Urban sociology">Urban sociology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_sociology" title="Visual sociology">Visual sociology</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multidisciplinary_and_interdisciplinary_fields_involving_sociology">Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields involving sociology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_sociology&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Multidisciplinary and 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title="Social philosophy">Social philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_studies_of_finance" title="Social studies of finance">Social studies of finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociobiology" title="Sociobiology">Sociobiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociocybernetics" title="Sociocybernetics">Sociocybernetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociolinguistics" title="Sociolinguistics">Sociolinguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociomusicology" title="Sociomusicology">Sociomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology_and_society" title="Technology and society">Technology and society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_studies" title="Urban studies">Urban studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victimology" title="Victimology">Victimology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World-systems_theory" title="World-systems theory">World-systems theory</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_sociology">History of sociology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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(1810s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1820s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1820s)">Timeline of sociology (1820s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1830s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1830s)">Timeline of sociology (1830s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1840s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1840s)">Timeline of sociology (1840s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1850s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1850s)">Timeline of sociology (1850s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1860s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1860s)">Timeline of sociology (1860s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1870s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1870s)">Timeline of sociology (1870s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1880s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1880s)">Timeline of sociology (1880s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1890s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1890s)">Timeline of sociology (1890s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1900s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1900s)">Timeline of sociology (1900s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1910s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1910s)">Timeline of sociology (1910s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1920s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1920s)">Timeline of sociology (1920s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1930s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1930s)">Timeline of sociology (1930s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1940s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1940s)">Timeline of sociology (1940s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1950s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1950s)">Timeline of sociology (1950s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1960s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1960s)">Timeline of sociology (1960s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1970s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1970s)">Timeline of sociology (1970s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1980s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1980s)">Timeline of sociology (1980s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(1990s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (1990s)">Timeline of sociology (1990s)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_sociology_(2000s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of sociology (2000s)">Timeline of sociology (2000s)</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theoretical_perspectives_in_sociology">Theoretical perspectives in sociology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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