Essential Concepts in Sociology

Revised edition of the author's Essential concepts in sociology, 2017.

Introduction



THEME 1: THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY

Digital Revolution

Globalization

Modernity

Postcolonialism

Postmodernity

Rationalization



THEME 2: DOING SOCIOLOGY

Ideal Type

Qualitative / Quantitative Methods

Realism

Reflexivity

Science

Social Constructionism

Structure / Agency



THEME 3: ENVIRONMENT AND URBANISM

Alienation

Environment       

Industrialization

Migration

Risk

Sustainable Development

Urbanism



THEME 4: STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY

Bureaucracy

Capitalism

Consumerism

Division of Labour

Education

Organization

Religion



THEME 5: UNEQUAL LIFE CHANCES

Class

Gender

Intersectionality

Patriarchy

Poverty

'Race' and Ethnicity

Social Mobility

Status



THEME 6: RELATIONSHIPS AND THE LIFE COURSE

Community

Family

Life Course

Network

Sexuality

Socialization



THEME 7: INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION

Culture

Discourse

Identity

Ideology

Interaction

Media

Public Sphere



THEME 8: HEALTH, ILLNESS AND THE BODY

Biomedicine

Medicalization

Sick Role

Social Model of Disability

Social Self



THEME 9: CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL

Anomie

Deviance

Labelling

Moral Panic

Social Control

Stigma



THEME 10: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Authority

Citizenship

Civil Society

Conflict

Democracy

Nation State

Power

Social Movement