General sociology

General sociology

General terms relating to the study of society.

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cultural broker

Sociology; General sociology

A person who facilitates the bridging, linking or mediating between groups or persons of differing cultural backgrounds.

The term reverse gender gap is used to describe the increasing number of women (in the United States) whose salaries are higher than their male counterparts. Recent studies have shown, though, that ...

discrepancy

Sociology; General sociology

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

social justice

Sociology; General sociology

Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that ...

strawberry orphans

Sociology; General sociology

"Strawberry orphans" is the name given to a generation of Romanian children whose parents migrated to other countries to work, leaving them alone in Romania. An estimated 170,000 children have one or ...

appetite

Sociology; General sociology

A tendency, an inclination, or direction. As it is used by modern writers, the word appetite has a psychological meaning. It denotes "an organic need represented in consciousness by certain ...

anarchy

Sociology; General sociology

Anarchy means an absence of law. Sociologically it is the modern theory which proposes to do away with all existing forms of government and to organize a society which will exercise all its functions ...