macrosociology

(noun)

Macrosociology involves the study of widespread social processes.

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Examples of macrosociology in the following topics:

  • Levels of Analysis: Micro and Macro

    • There are many examples of both micro- and macrosociological studies.
    • Macrosociology involves the study of widespread social processes .
    • The tendency toward macrosociology is evident in the kinds of questions that early sociologists asked: What holds societies together?
    • Macrosociology allows observation of large-scale patterns and trends, but runs the risk of seeing these trends as abstract entities that exist outside of the individuals who enact them on the ground.

  • Studying Sociology

    • Macrosociology involves the study of widespread social processes.

  • Lenski's Sociological Evolution Approach

    • In his books, Power and Privilege and Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology, Lenski expands on the works of Leslie White and Lewis Henry Morgan.

  • What is Sociology?

    • Macrosociology involves the study of widespread social processes.