The social science jargon buster : the key terms you need to know
Helps students new to the social sciences gain a thorough understanding of the key terms. Each entry includes a concise core definition, a more detailed explanation, and an introduction to the associated debates and controversies. In addition, the book includes a useful outline of the practical application of each term, as well as a list of key figures and recommendations for further reading
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9781849724470, 9780857020147, 9781849203432, 1849724474, 0857020145, 1849203431
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Preface
Bibliography/Reading List
A posteriori/a priori
Action research
Aesthetics
Agency
Alienation
Anomie
Authority
Behaviourism
(The) Body
Bureaucracy
Capital
Capitalism
Causation
Chaos theory
Class
Cognitive dissonance
Collective
Colonization
Commodification
Communism
Community
Conflict theory
Conservatism
Critical/radical
Cultural studies
Culture
Deconstruction
Deductive/inductive reasoning
Democracy
Determinism
Developed/developing countries
Deviant behaviour
Dialectic
Dichotomy
Discourse
Egalitarianism
Empiricism
Epistemology
Essentialism
Ethics
Ethnocentrism
Ethnography
Ethnomethodology
Existentialism
Fascism
Feminism
Functionalism
Fundamentalism
Game theory
Genealogy
Globalization
Governance
Grounded theory
Hegemony
Hermeneutics
Historical materialism
Historicism
Humanism
Human/social ecology
Hybridity
Hypothesis/hypothetico-deductive method
Idealism
Id/ego/superego
Identity
Ideology
Imperialism
Individualism
Industrialization
Instrumentalism
Justice
Knowledge
Labelling theory
Labour
Leadership
Liberalism
Marginalization
Marxism
Materialism
McDonaldization
Metanarratives
Methodology
Methods
Micro/macroeconomics
Modernism/postmodernism
Modernity
Multiculturalism
Nationalism
Nominalism
Norms
Ontology
Other
Paradigm
Patriarchy
Pedagogy/critical pedagogy
Personality
Phenomenology
Pluralism
Positivism
Post-industrial
Postmodernity
Post-positivism
Power
Pragmatism
Praxis
Prejudice/discrimination
Protestant ethic
Qualitative/quantitative
Rationalism
Realism
Reductionism
Reflexivity
Reification
Relativism
Research credibility (positivist)
Research credibility (post-positivist)
Revolution
Risk society
Role
Scientific method
Secularization
Self
Semiotics
Sexuality
Social change
Social constructionism
Social control
Social Darwinism
Social mobility
Social movements
Social science research
Social stratification
Socialism
Socialization
Society
Sociobiology
Socioeconomic status
Sociolinguistics
Solidarity
(The) State
Structuralism/Post-structuralism
Subject
Subjectivism
Symbolic interactionism
Systems theory
Technology
Teleology
Theory/social theory
Totalitarianism
Urbanization
Utilitarianism. Preface
Action research
Aesthetics
Agency
Alienation
Anomie
A posteriori/a priori
Authority
Behaviourism
(The) body
Bureaucracy
Capital
Capitalism
Causation
Chaos theory
Class
Cognitive dissonance
Collective
Colonization
Commidification
Communism
Community
Conflict theory
Conservatism
Critical/radical
Cultural studies
Culture
Deconstruction
Deductive/inductive reasoning
Democracy
Determinism
Develop/developing countries
Deviant behaviour
Dialectic
Dichotomy
Discourse
Egalitarianism
Empiricism
Epistemology
Essentialism
Ethics
Ethnocentrism
Ethnography
Ethnomethodology
Existentialism
Fascism
Feminism
Functionalism
Fundamentalism
Game theory
Genealogy
Globalization
Governance
Grounded theory
Hegemony
Hermeneutics
Historical materialism
Historicism
Human/social ecology
Humanism
Hybridity
Hypothesis/hypotetico-deductive method
505 00 Id/ego/superego
Idealism
Identity
Ideology
Imperialism
Individualism
Industrialization
Instrumentalism
Justice
Knowledge
Labelling theory
Labour
Leadership
Liberalism
Marginalization
Marxism
Materialism
McDonaldization
Metanarratives
Methodology
Methods
Micro/macroeconomics
Modernism/postmoderism
Modernity
Multiculturalism
Nationalism
Nominalism
Norms
Ontology
Other
Paradigm
Patriarchy
Pedagogy/critical pedagogy
Personality
Phenomenology
Pluralism
Positivism
Postmodernity
Post-industrial
Post-positivism
Power
Pragmatism
Praxis
Prejudice/discrimination
Protestant ethic
Qualitative/quantitative
Rationalism
Realism
Reductionism
Reflexivity
Reification
Relativism
Research credibility (positivist)
Research credibility (post-positivist). Revolution
Risk society
Role
Scientific method
Secularization
Self
Semiotics
Sexuality
Social change
Social constructionism
Social control
Social Darwinism
Social mobility
Social movements
Social science research
Social stratification
Socialism
Socialization
Society
Sociobiology
Socioeconomic status
Sociolinguistics
Solidarity
(The) state
Structuralism/post-structuralism
Subject
Subjectivism
Symbolic interactionism
Systems theory
Technology
Teleology
Theory/social theory
Totalitarianism
Urbanization
Utilitarianism
Bibliography/reading list
Index
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