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The Encyclopedia of Sociology
A comprehensive, cross-linked reference on sociology — its thinkers, concepts, perspectives, sub-fields and methods. Every entry links to the ideas around it. Start anywhere; follow the thread everywhere.
Th
Thinkers
The people who built the discipline, Indian and global.
107 entries
Co
Concepts
The core ideas, defined, situated and debated.
196 entries
Pe
Perspectives
The lenses — how each school sees the social world.
16 entries
Su
Sub-fields
Sociology applied — religion, politics, the rural, the urban.
14 entries
Me
Methods
How sociologists know what they know.
12 entries
Gl
Glossary
Fast, precise definitions for every term you meet.
60 entries