Sociology resources
Last updated: 8 September 2000
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Action Research Resources - links to action research, action learning and related resources at Southern Cross University (Lismore, Australia) and elsewhere
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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
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Anarchist Library
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ASA Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements
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Association
for Humanist Sociology (AHS)- "Founded in 1976, the AHS emerged from our realization that conventional mainstream sociology was unresponsive to people, their needs, concerns and values. We came together not out of shared politics or similar "schools" of sociology, but out of a common concern for the real life problems of equality, peace and social justice. We share a commitment to address all facets of the human condition in our scholarship and in our practice, and to make sociology more relevant to human needs.
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ATLAS/ti
- Visual Qualitative Data Analysis, Text Interpretation, Theory Building; that's an exciting software to analyze and structure data
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Australian
Sociological Association (TASA)
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Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods - this is an excellent site offering resources and courses on the methodology of social research
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Calendars through the ages -
"the fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with
the sun and stars"
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CERN/ANU
- Social Sciences Resources - a service provided by the Australian National University in Canberra
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Fernand
Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems and Civilizations - The Fernand Braudel Center was founded in September 1976 to engage in the analysis of large-scale social change over long periods of historical time
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Grounded Theory Institute -
web-site of Barney G. Glaser focussing on his concept of grounded theory
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H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences - an interdisciplinary organization of volunteers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web
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International Sociological
Association - "a non-profit association for scientific purposes. The ISA was
founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO. The goal of the Association, as stated in the
Statutes, is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of their school of thought,
scientific approaches or ideological opinion, and to advance sociological knowledge
throughout the world"
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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - " located within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. ICPSR provides: Access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data; Training facilities for the study of quantitative social analysis techniques; Resources for social scientists using advanced computer technologies"
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London School of Economics and Political Science
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Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development (Berlin, Germany)
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Max-Planck-Institute
for the Study of Societies (Cologne, Germany)
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Modernity
Resource Page - rich resources on the sociology of modernity, religion and associated topics, highly recommended
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Nesstar - "NESSTAR is an infrastructure for data dissemination via the Internet. NESSTAR Explorer offers an end user interface for searching, analysing and downloading data and documentation. NESSTAR Distributor offers tools and resources for making data and documentation available via the Internet. NESSTAR is funded by DGXIII of the European Commission under the 4th Framework Telematics Applications Programme"
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Participatory Action Research
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Progressive Sociologists Network - "a moderated list devoted to the examination of issues of theoretical and political
importance to sociologists. PSN-CAFE is its unmoderated companion list. We seek intellectually stimulating debates around issues such as the nature of the "New World Order," the globalization of capital, the redistribution of labor from the South to the North and its effects on labor struggles, racism, sexism, sexual politics, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, nationalism and ethnic struggles, the future of democracy in an increasingly polarized world and so forth. Last, but not least, we seek a debate about the relevance of Marxism for the theoretical and empirical investigation of the present historical conjuncture"
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Qualitative research - The QualPage
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Red Feather Institute - The Institute, founded in 1971, focuses on critical sociological theory. In the late 80's, T.R. Young, its Director, recognized that it would be helpful to progressive politics were he able to connect Marxist/feminist/critical theory to new findings in complexity theory and the nonlinear social dynamics entailed. Excellent resource
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Social Research Update - published quarterly by the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2
5XH, England
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Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) - excellent resources regarding UK and Europe - highly recommended
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Social Science Paper Publisher - access to electronically published social science papers plus heaps of other resources
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Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - "a social science professional organization of scholars interested in qualitative, especially interactionist, research. The society organizes panels and sessions at annual conferences such as the American Sociological Association and Midwest Sociology Society Annual Meetings, and each spring holds the Stone Symposium"
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Sociological Research Online - "publishes high quality applied sociology, focusing on theoretical, empirical and methodological discussions which engage with current political, cultural and intellectual topics and debates. Issues are published quarterly, on the last days of March, June, September and December"
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Sociology Corner - a meeting place for sociologists with interesting links, member of the Sociology Web-Ring
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Sociology of Death and Dying - an excellent and very comprehensive web-site on the issue offered by Prof Michael Kearl (Trinity University, San Antonio, TX) - highly recommended, also connect to his "Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace" for more resources at: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/index.html
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Sociology of Time - an excellent and very comprehensive web-site on the issue offered by Prof Michael Kearl (Trinity University, San Antonio, TX) - highly recommended, also connect to his "Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace" for more resources at: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/index.html
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SocioSite - a Dutch project, excellent resources, highly recommended!
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WWW VL: Labour and Business History
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WWW
Virtual Library: Sociology
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Z-Net - a community of people concerned about social change providing excellent resources with particular reference to the USA; this web-site also hosts the Noam Chomsky Archives
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Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center (Chicago) - lots of stuff about critical theory and the Frankfurt School, popular culture
is another focus - highly recommended
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