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There have been quite a few threads here in Social Sciences that would benefit from the inputs from sociology; for example, much of the discussion on 'race'.
I personally am unfamiliar with the key theories in sociology, and the major themes, solid results, etc. However, here are some questions that I think sociology may have some interesting answers to:
- how are social groups defined and identified?
- what sorts of such groups are there (classification schemes)?
- how do social groups form?
- what are the key drivers of inter-social group behaviour?
- what factors contribute to the rise, and continuation, of inter-group conflict?
- ditto, decline and diminution?
- what leads to the decline and disappearance of a social group?
- how relevant are the words 'race', 'ethnic group', 'caste', 'class', etc?
Surely sociologists have developed a set of terms, a framework within which to discuss their studies, so recasting the above questions in that framework may be a good first step.
I personally am unfamiliar with the key theories in sociology, and the major themes, solid results, etc. However, here are some questions that I think sociology may have some interesting answers to:
- how are social groups defined and identified?
- what sorts of such groups are there (classification schemes)?
- how do social groups form?
- what are the key drivers of inter-social group behaviour?
- what factors contribute to the rise, and continuation, of inter-group conflict?
- ditto, decline and diminution?
- what leads to the decline and disappearance of a social group?
- how relevant are the words 'race', 'ethnic group', 'caste', 'class', etc?
Surely sociologists have developed a set of terms, a framework within which to discuss their studies, so recasting the above questions in that framework may be a good first step.