as european and american countries became industrialized, general sociology was gradually replaced with industrial sociology because the main issues were issues related to the industrial society. in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century there was no clear idea about industrial sociology and its duties. after the second world war, a more exact definition of the field eme...

it's obvious that there is a serious and powerful bond between different branches of humanities and social sciences. sociology of law is a good example in which law and sociology make an organized ensemble. sociology of law has emerged as an independent science which is, or should be, based on empiric rationality. the discipline is neither based on metaphysics (contrary to the philosophy of law...

Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Center for Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Boston, MA,...

Despite the size and growth of political science and sociology relative to other disciplines, political science and sociology graduate students have received a declining share of funding for dissertation field research in recent years. Specifically, political science and sociology students are losing out to competitive applicants from humanities-oriented fields that provide strong training in a...

1 Agriculture and Environment Program Area, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2 Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 3 International Affairs and Biodiversity Program, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA), Lima, Peru, 4 Department of Economics, University of Puerto Rico-Rı́o Piedras, Puerto Rico, United States of Ame...

Tak Wing Chan is affiliated with the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Brendan Halpin is affiliated with the Department of Government and Society at the University of Limerick. ABSTRACT: This article uses recent panel data to explore the dynamics of divorce in the United Kingdom. The findings are consistent with the independence hypothesis, but reveal little impact of gender-...

Warning tweets: serial transmission of messages during the warning phase of a disaster event Jeannette Sutton, Emma S. Spiro, Britta Johnson, Sean Fitzhugh, Ben Gibson & Carter T. Butts a Trauma Health and Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA b Information School, University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall, Ste 370, Se...

in the Mississippi River Basin Mark B. David,*,† Courtney G. Flint,‡ Gregory F. McIsaac,† Lowell E. Gentry,† Mallory K. Dolan,‡ and George F. Czapar †Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois , W503 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States ‡Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology, Utah State University, 0730 ...

degree in chemistry with a minor in sociology in May 2016; she graduated with department honors. She will start graduate school to pursue a PhD in chemistry beginning September 2016 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While at Purdue, Staun was an undergraduate researcher in the Bart Laboratory for over 2 years and received Purdue’s Department of Chemistry 2015 Summer Research Award...

a Department of Psychology, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4, 7ET, UK b Eclectica, Institute for Training and Research, via Silvio Pellico, 1 10125, Torino, Italy c Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark d Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, AB Gesundheitspsychologie, PF 1...