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Hace 4 días · Ferdinand Tönnies was a German sociologist whose theory reconciled the organic and social-contract conceptions of society. A teacher at the University of Kiel from 1881, Tönnies was best known for Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (1887; Community and Society, 1957). He was well known in Great Britain
Hace 3 días · Sociology has much to gain engaging in and contributing to the discourse related to autism and neurodiversity. As discussed, sociological social psychology has made and will continue to make theoretical and methodological advancements related to autism and in doing so must stay cognizant of the discoveries relevant in other disciplines.
Hace 4 días · This paper departs from a community-identified problem with conventional life skills programming and uses sociological tools to address it. Community partners have expressed a need for a life skills curriculum that is inclusive, representing the intersecting needs and experiences of a diversity of clients, and that will address budgetary constraints of not-for-profit (NFP) organizations in the ...
Hace 2 días · Outcomes of initiatives designed to improve things in a community. This can include new or expanded community programs such as childcare services and infrastructure such as schools and hospitals. Community development can also involve improvements to existing services and infrastructure such as the quality of education at a school.
Hace 1 día · Social problems—issues that negatively affect social groups, like poverty and racial discrimination—drive sociological inquiry. Sociologists trade in stories of the downtrodden, inequities between rich and poor, and institutional failures. We classify groups beleaguered by these problems with labels like “the disadvantaged,” “the poor ...
Hace 3 días · This special issue aims to display the breadth and depth of qualitative studies of the environment. In terms of breadth, the work here demonstrates that sociology should have a capacious definition of the environment and treat it with the same scrutiny as other folk concepts. Doing so—with the caveat that individual studies need to carefully operationalize ‘the environment’—reveals how ...
Hace 1 día · A University of Notre Dame sociology professor is co-leading a groundbreaking study that will examine whether the density of congregations within communities ultimately influences residents’ livelihoods, such as their well-being, pro-social behavior, political mobilization, informal social support, access to social services, feelings of safety, and a sense of belonging.
