The principle problem is that of classical sociology, the issue of macro-micro linkage: as first articulated by French Sociologist Émile Durkheim, the question of how individuals within a social system influence and are influenced by the macrosocial level.

Sociologist and Economist Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class illustrates how individuals imitate other group members of higher social status in their consumer behavior.

Dr Neville Yeomans, an Australian Psychiatrist, Clinical Sociologist, Psychologist and Barrister pioneered Self-Help and Mutual Help in Australia through his pioneering work at Australia's first therapeutic community Fraser House ( 1959 – 1968 ), an 80 bed residential unit in North Ryde Sydney ; and former inmates of this unit started many self-help groups around Sydney.

Sociologist Deena Weinstein points to the large number of terms used to describe more commercial forms of heavy metal, which she groups together as lite metal.

Sociologist Geoff Dench has stated that Hewitt discourages male involvement in child rearing by questioning " whether we can trust men with children " and she concluded that it would be necessary to adopt the practice of " not leaving men on their own with groups of children ".

The group's long-term existence and historic roots in the sixties make it, according to Sociologist Shawn Young, one of the most contemporary significant groups from the Jesus movement era:

Sociologist Amy Ryan has argued for the need to differentiate those groups that may be dangerous from groups that are more benign.

Sociologist Orlando Patterson has seen the controversy as a dispute between liberal and conservative criminologists in which both parties focus on a single aspect of the causal net, with liberals focusing on factors external to the groups in question and conservatives focusing on internal cultural and behavioral factors.

Between 1991 and 1997, he served as Principal Sociologist in the World Bank's central Environment Department ; and before this, he worked in the Latin America and Caribbean Region's Environment Division.

Sociologist Mary Bernstein writes: " For the lesbian and gay movement, then, cultural goals include ( but are not limited to ) challenging dominant constructions of masculinity and femininity, homophobia, and the primacy of the gendered heterosexual nuclear family ( heteronormativity ).

The term " social movements " was introduced in 1848 by the German Sociologist Lorenz von Stein in his book Socialist and Communist Movements since the Third French Revolution ( 1848 ) in which he introduced the term " social movement " into scholarly discussions-actually depicting in this way political movements fighting for the social rights understood as welfare rights.

Sociologist Susan J. Palmer said that Cristini, a nurse, diagnosed Vorilhon as clinically depressed after he appeared at her door step in 1987, burnt out from the tasks he carried out within the movement.

Sociologist James Downton said that from his beginnings Rawat appealed to his followers to give up concepts and beliefs that might impede them from fully experiencing the Knowledge ( or life force ), but this did not prevent them from adopting a fairly rigid set of ideas about his divinity, and to project millennial preconceptions onto him and the movement.

Sociologist James Downton observed that from his early beginnings Rawat appealed to his followers to give up the concepts and beliefs that might impede them from fully experiencing the " Knowledge " or life force, but this did not prevent them from adopting a fairly rigid set of ideas about his divinity, and to project millennial preconceptions onto him and the movement.

Sociologist Stephen Steinberg explained in 2010, that the Moynihan report was condemned " because it threatened to derail the black liberation movement.

Sociologist James Hughes mentions Walter Truett Anderson, author of To Govern Evolution: Further Adventures of the Political Animal, as an example of a technogaian political philosopher ; argues that technogaianism applied to environmental management is found in the reconciliation ecology writings such as Michael Rosenzweig's Win-Win Ecology: How The Earth's Species Can Survive In The Midst of Human Enterprise ; and considers Bruce Sterling's Viridian design movement to be an exemplary technogaian initiative.

Sociologist Roy Wallis commented that this interpretation seemed to be " contradicted by the words on the page, and by actions taken against those regarded as enemies of the movement.

" Sociologist Stephen Hunt, on the other hand, writes in Alternative Religions ( 2003 ) that " the movement has declined since 1985, and some would argue it is now, for all intents and purposes, defunct.

Sociologist Edward A. Ross argued that belief systems exert a greater control on human behavior than laws imposed by government, no matter what form the beliefs take.

Sociologist Lewis Mumford, who often criticized the effect of superhighway construction on contemporary cities, always advised friends traveling up from New York to visit him at his house in Amenia that they should take the Taconic to do so.

Sociologist Gerhard Lenski differentiates societies based on their level of technology, communication, and economy: ( 1 ) hunters and gatherers, ( 2 ) simple agricultural, ( 3 ) advanced agricultural, ( 4 ) industrial, and ( 5 ) special ( e. g. fishing societies or maritime societies ).

Sociologist Andrew Holden claims meetings create an atmosphere of uniformity for Witnesses, intensify their sense of belonging to a religious community, and reinforce the plausibility of the organization's belief system.

Sociologist Barry Wellman presents the idea of “ glocalization ”- the ability for the Internet to extend participants ’ social connections to people around the world while also aiding them in further engagement with their local community.

Sociologist Dennis Gilbert states that it is possible for households to out-earn other households over higher class standing through increasing their number of income earners.

Sociologist Louis Wirth defined a minority group as " a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.

Sociologist Michael Schudson argues that " the belief in objectivity is a faith in ' facts ,' a distrust in ' values ,' and a commitment to their segregation.

Sociologist Phoebe Price posed three possible hypotheses as to why brats are better behaved: firstly, military parents have a lower threshold for misbehavior in their children ; secondly, the mobility of teenagers might make them less likely to attract attention to themselves, as they want to fit in and are less secure with their surroundings ; and thirdly, normative constraints are greater, with brats knowing that their behavior is under scrutiny and can affect the military member ’ s career.

Sociologist Robert K. Merton used the parable of talents to describe the reward system in science in which famous scientists often receive disproportionate credit for their contributions, whereas lesser known scientists receive less credit than their contributions actually merit.

Sociologist Anne-Cécile Bégot considered the Antoinist healing of the first decades a form of protest against ( 1 ) the efficiency of medicine, ( 2 ) the traditional representation of disease — the real healing can be attained only through a new approach to the disease, which is never considered a particular misfortune and thus is not reduced to its biological dimension — and ( 3 ) the management of disease — sick are always responsible for their own illness.

Sociologist Frank Furedi has stated that CRB checks cannot provide a " cast-iron guarantee that children will be safe with a particular adult ", and that their use has created an atmosphere of suspicion and is " poisoning " relationships between the generations, with many ordinary parents finding themselves regarded as " potential child abusers ".

" Sociologist John Theobald argued that instead of providing factual material on the Soviet Union, Hergé depicted the Bolsheviks rigging elections, killing opponents and stealing the grain from the people, all of which was done in order to portray them in a negative light in the minds of his young readers.

His involvement with The Indian Sociologist brought him into contact with Har Dayal, who combined anarchism with his Indian Nationalism, based on his view of ancient Aryan culture and Buddhism.

Among them, all between 22 and 26 and with links to the University of Concepción, were Doctors Miguel Enríquez and Bautista Van Schouwen, Professor Marcello Ferrada-Noli, Medical student Luciano Cruz, Sociologist Nelson Gutiérrez, Lawyer Juan Saavedra Gorriategy, Civil Engineer Aníbal Matamala, and Economist José Goñi ( Goñi later became a Minister of Defence and ambassador of Chile in the USA ).

Sociologist Frank Furedi also deems VHEMT to be a Malthusian group, classifying them as a type of environmental organization that " the worst about the human species ".

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg states in The Great Good Place that people need three places: 1 ) the home, 2 ) the office, and, 3 ) the community hangout or gathering place.

Sociologist Richard N. Pitt argues that these organizations are only available to LGBT members of liberal denominations, as opposed to those in conservative denominations.

Sociologist Helmut Schoeck similarly considered envy the motive of collective efforts by society to reduce the disproportionate gains of successful individuals through moral or legal constraints, with altruism being primary among these.

* 1901 – Paul Lazarsfeld, American Sociologist ( d. 1976 )

Sociologist of religion Tex Sample asserts that it is a mistake to refer to a Muslim, Jewish, or Christian Fundamentalist.

* 1989 — Robert N. Bellah ( Professor / Sociologist / Author )

Sociologist, author, and financial journalist Alfred W. Jones is credited with coining the phrase " hedged fund ", in contrast to prior nomenclatures, and is often erroneously credited with creating the first hedge fund structure in 1949.

" Sociologist Dr. Suzanne Mcdonald-Walker states: " Marlon Brando, sporting leather jacket, jeans, and moody glare, became a cultural icon summing up ' the road ' in all its maverick glory.

Sociologist Anthony Synnott argues that the reality of misandry is undeniable when one looks to cultural, academic, and media depictions of men.

Sociologist of science Bruno Latour and economist Romain Laufer may also be considered part of, or close to this group.

Sociologist Peter L. Berger characterised religion as the human attempt to build order out of a chaotic world.

American Sociologist, 8 ( 4 ), 159-164.

Sociologist Daniel Chirot claims that around 100 million people suffered and at least one million people, and perhaps as many as 20 million, died in the Cultural Revolution.

Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu used the term in 1972 in his Outline of a Theory of Practice, and clarified the term some years later in contrast to cultural, economic, and symbolic capital.

Sociologist Carl L. Bankston has argued that a secular, leftist view of social justice entails viewing the redistribution of goods and resources as based on the rights of disadvantaged categories of people, rather than on compassion or national interest.

Sociologist Li Jinghan estimated that one out of six males in the city between the ages of sixteen and fifty was a puller.

Sociologist Scott Lash has recently put forth the idea that Cultural Studies is entering a new phase.