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592:Mathematical
572:Ethnographic
552:Quantitative
237:Architecture
175:Perspectives
147:Social power
18:Social actor
1539:: 161–182.
1130:Empowerment
981:'s talk of
975:unconscious
963:Paul Ricœur
803:Terminology
772:Baudrillard
648:Tocqueville
562:Comparative
557:Qualitative
527:Victimology
357:Immigration
342:Generations
257:Criminology
1469:, 267–282.
1456:, 267–282.
1182:References
1061:intentions
927:John Locke
828:By country
582:Historical
507:Technology
447:Punishment
432:Philosophy
407:Mathematic
397:Literature
362:Industrial
352:Historical
277:Demography
197:Positivism
122:Popularity
77:Key themes
1566:Childhood
1500:Childhood
1467:Cognition
1454:Cognition
1405:145158872
1397:0735-2751
1362:145158872
1354:0735-2751
1260:0002-9602
951:Karl Marx
896:structure
644:Martineau
587:Interview
512:Terrorism
492:Sociology
437:Political
377:Knowledge
297:Education
39:Sociology
1594:Category
1440:16881760
1268:39562300
1150:Paracosm
1083:See also
1075:Children
1054:From an
1035:Feelings
823:Timeline
808:Journals
776:Bourdieu
768:Habermas
764:Luhmann
760:Foucault
704:Mannheim
684:Durkheim
457:Religion
417:Military
382:Language
367:Internet
322:Feminist
306:Jealousy
292:Economic
287:Disaster
282:Deviance
225:Branches
103:Identity
989:in his
917:History
780:Giddens
778:·
774:·
766:·
754:·
752:Goffman
748:Schoeck
734:·
726:·
702:·
700:Du Bois
698:·
690:·
686:·
678:·
672:Tönnies
670:·
656:Spencer
654:·
632:·
545:Methods
522:Utopian
467:Science
412:Medical
402:Marxist
392:Leisure
302:Emotion
267:Culture
83:Society
62:Outline
57:History
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965:added
900:agents
892:agency
818:People
756:Bauman
736:Nisbet
732:Merton
724:Gehlen
720:Adorno
713:1900s:
688:Addams
680:Simmel
676:Veblen
668:Pareto
660:Le Bon
641:1800s:
634:Sieyès
627:1700s:
607:Survey
532:Visual
442:Public
347:Health
337:Gender
327:Fiscal
317:Family
1401:S2CID
1358:S2CID
1264:S2CID
967:Freud
791:Lists
740:Mills
716:Fromm
708:Elias
696:Weber
630:Comte
517:Urban
502:Sport
497:Space
462:Rural
422:Music
372:Jewry
272:Death
232:Aging
67:Index
1436:PMID
1393:ISSN
1350:ISSN
1300:ISBN
1256:ISSN
1206:p448
1200:ISBN
985:and
911:will
744:Bell
728:Aron
692:Mead
664:Ward
652:Marx
332:Food
252:Body
1574:doi
1541:doi
1508:doi
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886:In
387:Law
242:Art
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