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| Please submit only sites with an academic or research orientation into this hierarchy. Most sites for general, rather than scholarly consumption are properly classed under such categories as Society/Politics or Society/Ethnicity. |
The social sciences are branches of human knowledge related to the study of humans and human society including the fields of economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and political science, as well as related fields and subfields which apply scientific methods to the human condition.
Anthropology is the study of humankind everywhere, throughout time. Anthropology involves the study of people, their origins, biological variations and characteristics, their languages and cultural patterns, their social structures and institutions, and their adaptation to their environment.Anthropologists strive to create useful generalizations about people and their behavior in hopes of bringing about the fullest possible understanding of human diversity. Anthropology is unique among the social sciences because of its comprehensive scope, unique methods, and particular focus on people from non-Western societies.
| Please submit only academic or scholarly subjects related to the study of archaeology, not anthropology, history, or another related field. |
The scientific study of material remains (such as artifacts and monuments) of past human life and activities. The archaeologist's objective is to gain an understanding of a culture or civilization by examining these objects and their use.
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Please submit University or College-related Canadian Studies undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate programs, institutions or associations only. more information (editors only) |
Area Studies focus on the history, politics, economics, demographics, and geography of a given country or region (such as the Andes, South Pacific, or Central Asia). Area Studies also create profiles that can be used to predict or explain current events. Traditionally, they were data driven and often highly quantitative in nature. Relatively recently, many scholars in the field have embraced a more interpretive perspective and focus on more qualitative areas, including religion, literature, music, philosophy, and even art history.Area Studies have key differences with related Social Sciences. Ethnic Studies are written from the perspective of the group being studied. Area Studies, on the other hand, are generally written from an outsiders perspective. Unlike Anthropology, the 'culture concept', is not a central organizing theme for the discipline. Area Studies are distinct from Sociology in that they do not primarily focus on social relationships and institutions.
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This is for homepages of professional academic cognitive scientists. Even if you are such a person, please do not submit your site here unless it has significant content relevant to research in the field, such as online articles. Sites by people who have not published material relevant to the field in peer reviewed journals are very unlikely to be listed. |
Cognitive science topics which may span one or more specific sciences including psychology and medicine. Sites, works and indices that assume a scientific model in their processes, references or information gathering and summary.
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This category is for resources related to the study and practice of intercultural and global communication. Organizations that promote intercultural understanding but do not explicitly discuss communication theory or techniques do not belong here. Businesses offering intercultural training or communication services belong in a Business category. |
This subcategory is for sites pertaining to the study of human communication and understanding. This field focuses on content and process of interaction, primarily among humans.Communication study consists of several subdisciplines. Some classify by the number of interactors: intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, mass communication. Some classify by the type of interaction or problems inherent: intercultural, mediated, political, religious, organizational. Some classify according to the factors of interaction: rhetoric, language, semiotics, perception, cognition.
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This category is for journals or other publications that focus on criminology. |
Criminology is a multi-disciplinary approach to examining and understanding the complex nature of criminal justice issues. This can include the study into the theory of crime, social foundations of criminal behavior, theories of punishment, and social structural components of the legal and criminal justice systems. It generally incorporates components from sociology, law and psychology.
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Please submit sites dealing with : the study and measurement of human populations, including studies of human fertility, health and mortality, and migration. Pleasae submit sites relating primarily to specific geographic regions in the appropriate sub-category |
The study and measurement of human populations, including studies of human fertility, health and mortality, and migration.
Sites whose primary purpose is to serve as an index or guide to other sites about the social sciences.
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This category concerns economics as a field of study. Please submit only sites with an academic, scholarly, or research orientation on economics and economies into this category.
Commercial sites are properly the realm of the Business or Shopping hierarchies. Sites about current issues, "economic justice," or the social impacts of economic theories and practices should be submitted to an appropriate subcategory of Society/Issues or one of its related branches. This category is for sites in the English language only. You may browse a list of other available languages on the main category page. |
Known by other scientists as the "Dismal Science," this field makes a serious effort to study and describe:
The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of wealth and the various related issues (problems) of labor, finance, taxation, currencies, the political arena as it relates to the above areas of goods and services.Although interest in economic theories dates to the origins of commerce itself, economics as a modern study independent of moral or political philosophy is attributed to the Scottish writer Adam Smith (1723-1790). The ideas put forth in his seminal work, Wealth of Nations, form the basis of "classical" economic theory and free-market capitalism.
Sites with resources for teaching and learning about the social sciences, particularly at the elementary and secondary school level.
Web sites pertaining to the science of ethnic studies.
| Your web page does not have to be related to the social sciences, just to LGBT/Queer, or Sexuality Studies. It can also be interdisciplinary, or in the sciences or humanities, because there are no categories for LGBT studies in the Humanities or Science directories. Also includes transgender studies. |
Web pages of interest to those looking for information on the new interdisciplinary field of lgbt studies. Also includes transgender studies. (Am trying to get the category named changed to that effect.)
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Sites about specific places in the world (for example, "Geography of Elbonia") will not be listed here. Please submit to the appropriate location category in Regional. |
Focus of this category is on the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.
Research organizations, academic departments, scientific and engineering societies and associations, professional societies, museums of science and technology, and government science establishments in the social sciences.
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Please send commercial sites for translation and interpreting companies, referral agencies, databases, and individual freelancers to the Translation Services section of the Directory, where sites will be listed once. Inappropriately located or multiple submissions throughout the directory will result in a delay of your site being published.
If your site is not in English, please send it to the appropriate category in the World section of the Directory. If your site is about a linguistic family, stock, branch, or a specific language, please send it to the appropriate section of the Natural Languages category. If your site features a Non-English Dictionary, please send it to the approproiate language within that section of the Directory. |
Open to English-language sites relating to Linguistics, the study of human languages.
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Sites in this category are related to Social Research Methodology: the methods, techniques, and technology employed by social scientists in the advance of their fields.
Notable figures in the Social Sciences.
| This category is for sites concerning the academic study of government and politics. Sites which advocate or educate on social or political topics for general consumption should instead be submitted to Society/Politics, Society/Issues, or Society/Activism as may be appropriate. |
Political science, often nicknamed "polisci," is the academic study of government, and of the social, economic, historical, and other influences on its processes and decision-making. Confucian thought and ancient Greek philosophy originated the field, which grew substantially with the rise of nineteenth century liberalism. Today, it utilizes social science methodology such as content analysis, public opinion surveys, and statistical analysis to create and evaluate generalizations about how government and people behave.
| Sites of Psychology Departments are welcome here, along with sites on how to apply for psychology graduate school. To ensure speedy placement of your site, please ensure your title and description are formatted like the others in the category. If your institution offers programs in a specific area of psychology, please submit your site directly to the relevant subcategory within Psychology. |
The modern discipline of psychology finds its roots in medicine and philosophy of the mid 1800s. Its methodologies became largely experimental in nature around the beginning of the 20th Century, and has since become known as “the science of mind and behavior”. Psychology is a broad discipline, stretching from the biological determinants of animal and human behavior through to the social psychology of intergroup relations. Although a lively and growing academic scientific discipline, psychology is also an applied discipline, such that many psychologists consider themselves “scientist-practitioners”. Applications range from clinical psychology through to the psychology of industry and organizations.
Within this category you will find sites related to the academic study and practice of psychology in all its forms. Sites concerned with products, services, or mental health information are listed elsewhere in the directory; in particular, if you are looking for counseling and psychotherapy providers or consumer information you should begin your search in Health/Mental_Health. In particular, general counseling sites may be found in Health/Mental_Health/Counseling_Services and provision of services for a specific locale may be found in Health/Mental_Health/Counseling_Services/Regional.
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Use this sub category to list sites that deal with public sector management, including reinvention and innovation, and New Public Management.
Academic programs focusing on Public Administration should be submitted to the Academic Programs sub category. Sites related to public policy should be submitted to Science: Social Sciences: Political Science: Public Policy or Society: Issues: Policy Institutes. At least some materials must be available on the web site without charge. Web sites in this category must be in English. |
Public Administration is concerned with the management of public sector institutions and programs.
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Please submit your site only once, and to the single most appropriate field. These categories are for refereed academic journals and other publications for scholars and professionals in the social sciences; general interest publications should not be submitted into this category. |
Academic publications serving the social sciences.
Social Work is a profession committed to the enhancement of human well-being, the alleviation of poverty and oppression, and the promotion of social justice. The profession practices in a wide variety of settings including family services, child welfare, criminal justice, psychiatric and medical centers, chemical dependency treatment, community organizations, advocacy groups, and public policy planning.Social work degrees range from the associate to the doctorate. Graduates may work in direct practice (micro-level work with individuals) or in administration and planning (macro-level work with systems and institutions). Licensure requirements and other practice regulations vary by locality.
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Sociology encompasses and overlaps many fields involves in the study of social relationships and institutions, including organizational behavior, societal development and structure, and cross-cultural interaction.The term "sociology" as the scientific analysis of collective human behavior was coined in 1838 by Auguste Comte, but Max Weber and ?mile Durkheim are generally credited as the founders of the modern field.
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