Encyclopedia - Norm Sociology: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Sociology - Types Of Norms
Some sociologists identify two types of norms: Norm sociology - Mores. Moral norms that define in every culture what is wrong and right...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norm Sociology: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Sociology - Justification And Origins
A norm may or may not have a rational justification or origin. Norms with common sense origins may, over time, lose their original contex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norm Sociology: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Sociology - Example Gift Exchange
The Norm of Reciprocity: In the western world, it is a custom to exchange gifts in the holiday seasons. It is so deeply ingrained in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Efficiency Wages: Encyclopedia Ii - Efficiency Wages - Sociological Models
Efficiency wages - Fairness norms and reciprocity. Standard economic models ("neoclassical economics") assume that people pursue only t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Efficiency Wages: Encyclopedia Ii - Efficiency Wages - Adverse Selection
The adverse selection model adds yet another come flavour to our increasingly smorgasbord set of efficiency wage models. These use the fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Political Power
Many questions surround the political notion of power with both positive and negative aspects attached to it. Generally, power is conside...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convention: Encyclopedia - Convention
Convention (Latin conventio, from the verb convenio: "to come together", "to assemble", or "to agree") may refer to: Convention (meeting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Custom: Encyclopedia - Custom
Custom has a number of meanings: A custom is a common practice among a group of people, especially depending on country, culture, time, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia - Politics
Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within governments,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Efficiency Wages: Encyclopedia Ii - Efficiency Wages - Shirking
The shirking model begins with the fact that complete contracts rarely (or never) exist in the real world. This implies that both parties...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etiquette: Encyclopedia - Etiquette
Etiquette is the code that governs the expectations of social behavior, the conventional norm. It is an unwritten code, which evolves fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manners: Encyclopedia - Manners
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. In s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collective Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Collective Consciousness
The French social theorist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) used the term collective consciousness in his The Rules of Sociological Method (18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counterculture: Encyclopedia - Counterculture
In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Political Power
Many questions surround the political notion of power with both positive and negative aspects attached to it. Generally, power is conside...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Authority And Legitimacy
Max Weber identified three sources of legitimacy for authority known as (tripartite classification of authority). He proposed three reaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Authority And Legitimacy
Max Weber identified three sources of legitimacy for authority known as (tripartite classification of authority). He proposed three reaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - A Natural State
In 1651, Thomas Hobbes published his most famous work, Leviathan, in which he proposed a model of early human development to justify the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Early History
V.G. Childe describes the transformation of human society that took place around 6000 BCE as an urban revolution. Among the features of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - A Natural State
In 1651, Thomas Hobbes published his most famous work, Leviathan, in which he proposed a model of early human development to justify the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics - Early History
V.G. Childe describes the transformation of human society that took place around 6000 BCE as an urban revolution. Among the features of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norm Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Philosophy - Some Kinds Of Norms
Orders and permissions express norms. These norm sentences do not describe how the world is, they rather prescribe how the world should b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norm Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Philosophy - Major Characteristics
One major characteristic of norms is that, unlike propositions, they are not descriptively true or false, since norms do not purport to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norm Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Norm Philosophy - Norms Without Expression
It is discussed whether there can be norms (or valid norms) which are not (yet) expressed in any way. Suppose someone decides to go to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decency: Encyclopedia Ii - Decency - Definitions Of Indecency In The United Kingdom
The terms indecency and indecent have wide application in the law of the United Kingdom, but are not defined in any legislation. Historic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Concept
The term was coined by Michael Warner in 1991 in his Social Text article, "Introduction: Fear of a Queer Planet" (Social Text, 1991; 9 (4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Heteronormativity And Patriarchy
Heteronormativity is often strongly associated with (and sometimes even confused with) patriarchy. However, a patriarchal system does not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Defense Of Heteronormative Structures
Heteronormativity is a way of describing social structures built around a certain gender model. Challenges to the label may result from a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Social And Political Manifestations Of Heteronormativity
There are many things that are often pointed to to illustrate the concept of heteronormativity, both historically and in contemporary soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etiquette: Encyclopedia Ii - Etiquette - Norms And Effects Of Etiquette
Etiquette fundamentally prescribes and restricts the ways in which people interact with each other, and show their respect for other peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etiquette: Encyclopedia Ii - Etiquette - Manners
Main article: Manners Manners involve a wide range of social interactions within cultural norms as in Comedy of manners, or a painter's c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etiquette: Encyclopedia Ii - Etiquette - Cultural Differences
Etiquette is dependent on culture; what is excellent etiquette in one society may shock in another. Etiquette evolves within culture. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etiquette: Encyclopedia Ii - Etiquette - Common Norms Of Etiquette
Though etiquette depends on culture, some expectations are widely shared. Say "please" when you need something from someone else, even if...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipositivism: Encyclopedia Ii - Antipositivism - Evolution Of The Concept
Antipositivism evolved in the 19th century, when sociological positivism and sociological naturalism begun to be questioned by scientists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Significant Other: Encyclopedia Ii - Significant Other - Social Science
Its usage in both psychology and sociology is different from its colloquial use. In psychology, a significant other is any person who has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Values: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Values - Historical Perspective
As societies have shifted economically from agriculture to industry, extended families have largely given way to nuclear families. Family...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Values: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Values - Family Values In U.s. Politics
Since 1980, the Republican party has used the issue of family values to attract socially conservative voters, especially those in the Sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture - Cultural Studies
Cultural studies developed in the late 20th century, in part through the re-introduction of Marxist thought into sociology, and in part t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture - Cultural Studies
Cultural studies developed in the late 20th century, in part through the re-introduction of Marxist thought into sociology, and in part t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Law
One of the main functions of law is to regulate violence (indeed, the sociologist Max Weber famously stated that the state is a monopoly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Law
One of the main functions of law is to regulate violence (indeed, the sociologist Max Weber famously stated that the state is a monopoly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Pragmatics: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Pragmatics - Formal Pragmatics And Communicative Action
There are a number of ways to approach Habermas’s project of developing a formal pragmatic analysis of communication. Because Habermas ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodor Adorno: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodor Adorno - Adorno's Sociological Methods
Because Adorno believed that sociology needs to be self-reflective and self-critical, he believed that the language the sociologist uses,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics - The First Social Science
Assumptions about ethical underpinnings of human behaviour are reflected in every social science, including: anthropology because of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Music - Theories Of Popular Music
Among scholars in the humanities, a broader range of definitions have been proposed. Frans Birrer (1985, p. 104) gives four conceptions o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Governmental Social Controls: Social Studies Dictionary - Governmental Social Controls
Definition and meaning of Governmental Social Controls   Governmental Social Controls - [Sociology] Individuals must conform t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Governmental Social Controls: Social Studies Dictionary - Governmental Social Controls
Definition and meaning of Governmental Social Controls   Governmental Social Controls - [Sociology] Individuals must conform t...   » Read the article