A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other Social relation between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for analyzing the structure of whole social entities as well as a variety of theories explaining the patterns observed in these structures. ξ1 The study of these structures uses social network analysis to identify local and global patterns, locate influential entities, and ..
Handbook on Crime and Deviance (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research) Publisher: Springer Verlag Publish Date: 10/1/2009 Language: ENGLISH Pages: 602 Weight: 3.32 ISBN-13: 9781441902443 Dewey: 364
Compassion is a politically charged virtue, and yet we know surprisingly little about the uses (and abuses) of compassion in political environments.Covering sociology, political theory and psychology, and with contributions from Martha Nussbaum and Andrew ..
Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publish Date: 2/1/1997 Language: ENGLISH Weight: 1.14 ISBN-13: 9780684836355 Dewey: 301
As one of the handful of American scholars allowed to review documents in newly opened Soviet archives, Haynes has used fresh evidence to shed new light on the United States'' confrontation with ...
Rethinking Serial Murder, Spree Killing, and Atrocities: Beyond the Usual Distinctions (Routledge Advances in Sociology) Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publish Date: 12/9/2014 Language: ENGLISH Pages: 190 Weight: 1.44 ISBN-13: 9781138832985 Dewey: 364.152/32
Morris's ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline. Taking on the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, Morris, a major scho..
