Sociology
Sociology notes
From the founding thinkers to caste, kinship and change in India, cut down to what an answer actually uses. 30 topics, free with your account.
Fundamentals of Sociology
1Sociology: The DisciplineModernity and emergence of Sociology, scope and comparison with social sciences, sociology and common senseEmergence of SociologyScope & Comparison with Social SciencesSociology and Common Sense2Sociology as a ScienceScientific method and critique, positivism and its critique, fact-value-objectivity, non-positivist methodologiesScience & Scientific MethodPositivism & Its CritiqueFact, Value & Objectivity+13Research Methods and AnalysisQualitative and quantitative methods, data collection techniques, variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validityQualitative vs Quantitative MethodsData Collection TechniquesVariables, Sampling & Hypothesis+110Stratification and MobilityConcepts of equality, inequality, hierarchy; theories of stratification; class, status, gender, ethnicity; social mobility typesEquality, Inequality & HierarchyTheories of StratificationClass, Status, Gender & Ethnicity+111Works and Economic LifeSocial organisation of work across slave, feudal and industrial capitalist societies; formal and informal organisations; labour and societyWork in Slave & Feudal SocietiesIndustrial Capitalist SocietyFormal & Informal Organisation of Work+112Politics and SocietySociological theories of power, power elite, bureaucracy, nation-state, citizenship, democracy, social movementsTheories of PowerPower Elite, Bureaucracy & Pressure GroupsNation, State, Citizenship & Democracy+113Religion and SocietySociological theories of religion, types of religious practices, religion in modern society: secularisation, revivalism, fundamentalismSociological Theories of ReligionTypes of Religious PracticesReligion & Science+114Systems of KinshipFamily, household, marriage; types and forms of family; lineage and descent; patriarchy and sexual division of labour; contemporary trendsFamily, Household & MarriageTypes & Forms of FamilyLineage & Descent+215Social Change in Modern SocietySociological theories of social change, development and dependency, agents of change, education, science and technologyTheories of Social ChangeDevelopment & DependencyAgents of Social Change+2
Sociological Thinkers
4Karl MarxHistorical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggleHistorical MaterialismMode of ProductionAlienation+25Emile DurkheimDivision of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and societyDivision of LabourSocial FactSuicide (typology)+26Max WeberSocial action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismSocial ActionIdeal TypesTypes of Authority+27Talcott ParsonsSocial system, pattern variables, AGIL framework, structural functionalismSocial SystemPattern VariablesAGIL Framework+18Robert K. MertonLatent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups, middle-range theoryManifest & Latent FunctionsConformity & DevianceReference Groups+19G.H. MeadSelf and identity, I and Me, symbolic interactionism, role of significant othersSelf & IdentityI and MeSymbolic Interactionism+1