http://sociology.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-08-23T06:10:34Z Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:10:34 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/28/career-spotlight-state-government.htm State governments are great places for sociology graduates to seek employment. There are many state departments that have positions appropriate for sociologists, including departments of health, transportation, education, and corrections/criminal ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/28/career-spotlight-state-government.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/28/career-spotlight-state-government.htm Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:41:03 +0000 2012-08-28T14:41:03Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/23/book-spotlight-stigma-notes-on-the-management-of-spoiled-identity.htm <em>Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity</em> is a book written by Erving Goffman in 1963 about the idea of stigma and what it is like to be a ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/23/book-spotlight-stigma-notes-on-the-management-of-spoiled-identity.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/23/book-spotlight-stigma-notes-on-the-management-of-spoiled-identity.htm Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:10:34 +0000 2012-08-23T06:10:34Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/21/sociologist-profile-georg-simmel.htm Georg Simmel is a sociologist best known for his neo-Kantian approach to sociology, which laid the foundations for sociological anti positivism, and his structuralist styles of reasoning. 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The book is all about why America is a country ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/16/book-spotlight-the-culture-of-fear.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/16/book-spotlight-the-culture-of-fear.htm Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:07:20 +0000 2012-08-16T06:07:20Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/14/book-spotlight-savage-inequalities.htm <em>Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools</em> is a book written by Jonathan Kozol that examines the American educational system and the inequalities that exist between poor inner-city schools and more ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/14/book-spotlight-savage-inequalities.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/14/book-spotlight-savage-inequalities.htm Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:18:23 +0000 2012-08-14T06:18:23Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/07/book-spotlight-the-social-transformation-of-american-medicine.htm <em>The Social Transformation of American Medicine </em>is a book written in 1982 by Paul Starr about medicine and health care in the United States. Starr looks at the evolution and ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/07/book-spotlight-the-social-transformation-of-american-medicine.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/08/07/book-spotlight-the-social-transformation-of-american-medicine.htm Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:04:30 +0000 2012-08-07T06:04:30Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/27/book-spotlight-the-tipping-point.htm <em>The Tipping Point</em> by Malcolm Gladwell is a book about how small actions at the right time, in the right place, and with the right people can create a "tipping ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/27/book-spotlight-the-tipping-point.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/27/book-spotlight-the-tipping-point.htm Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:20:33 +0000 2012-07-27T06:20:33Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/25/sociological-definition-of-the-week-law.htm A <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Folkways-Mores-Taboos-And-Laws.htm">law</a> is a norm that is written down and enforced by an official law enforcement agency. Driving while drunk, theft, murder, and trespassing are all examples of laws in ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/25/sociological-definition-of-the-week-law.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/25/sociological-definition-of-the-week-law.htm Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:48:47 +0000 2012-07-25T06:48:47Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/20/biological-explanations-for-deviant-behavior.htm There are many different theories on what causes a person to perform deviant behavior, including biological explanations, psychological explanations, and sociological explanations. Biological theories of deviance see crime and deviant ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/20/biological-explanations-for-deviant-behavior.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/20/biological-explanations-for-deviant-behavior.htm Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:29:22 +0000 2012-07-20T06:29:22Z http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/18/sociological-definition-of-the-week-taboo.htm A taboo is a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Folkways-Mores-Taboos-And-Laws.htm">norm</a> that society holds so strongly that violating it results in extreme disgust. Often times the violator of the taboo is considered unfit to live in ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/18/sociological-definition-of-the-week-taboo.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://sociology.about.com/b/2012/07/18/sociological-definition-of-the-week-taboo.htm Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:47:42 +0000 2012-07-18T06:47:42Z