(1) Committing Sociology

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Truth to Power

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Our obligation and recognition to stand for justice

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Sociology

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The study to understand culture, social change, social conflict, and patterns of behaviour between social groups

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Theory

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Explanation for observations

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Method

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Systematic technique for collecting and making sense of information

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Critical Thinking

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Analyzing and evaluating information to form evidence based conclusions

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Reflective Knowledge

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Assessing and understanding the social world as a whole

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Positivism

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The belief society can be measured with objective fact

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Consensus-Focused Sociology

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Sees society as a system of interrelated parts that promote stability

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Structural Functionalism

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Sees society as a complex system with interrelated parts to promote stability and interdependence

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Sociological Imagination

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An awareness of the relationship between who we are as individuals and the social forces that shape our lives

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Micro Level

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Small-scale interactions between individuals, such as conversation or group dynamics

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Macro Level

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Large-scale social processes, such as social stability, change, and the impact of social institutions

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Private Troubles

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An issue or circumstance that affects one person, and maybe those closest to them

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Public Sociology

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To communicate and actively engage sociology to wider audiences

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Back-Translation

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Giving already learned knowledge to empower individuals and communities

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Professional Sociology

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Creates disciplinary knowledge through academic discourse

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Critical Sociology

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Sociology focused on examine and debating social issues

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Policy Sociology

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Sociological knowledge applied to solve problems by governments or other institutions

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Value

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Shared cultural belief about what is right or wrong that influences our thoughts and actions

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Critical Approaches

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Critiquing society and pushing for social change

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Rigour

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Set of standards used to evaluate the quality, trustworthiness, and value of research

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Standpoint Theory

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Says researchers view and gain knowledge about the world through their unique social location

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Reflexivity

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Personal beliefs, knowledge, and experiences influences assumptions about the social world and what you are studying

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Bracketing

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Consciously setting aside personal assumptions to view the social world

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Neoliberalism

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The move for reduced government spending on social programmers while supporting private social services

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Political Ideology

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Political beliefs or principles that characterize a particular culture

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Social Programmers

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Services for public pensions, employment insurance and family benefits

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Free-market Capitalism

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Economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control

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Social Services

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Public services that provide support for particular groups

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Economic System

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A system of production, resource allocation and distribution of goods and services within a society

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Economy

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The social domain for production, distribution, trade, management, and consumption of goods and services

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Social Domain

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People influence communicative contexts and are influenced by the structure of those contexts

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Communicative Contexts

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Intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, public, and mass communication

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Scissors Movement

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The ideological shift where sociology moved to the left and world politics to the right

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Ideology

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A set of opinions or beliefs of a group or individual

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Knowledge Mobilization

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Taking academic research where it can improve and educate society

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Decolonization

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When colonies become independent of the colonizing country

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Reconciliation

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Addressing past injustices and efforts to restore respectful relations between social groups

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Community-Engaged Scholarship

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Makes communities directly involved with research and teaching processes

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Scholarship

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A grant or payment to support a student's education

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Ethical Space

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The abstract space between different world views and cultures

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Abstract

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Something detached from physical, or concrete, reality

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Holistic Thinking

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An explanation by referencing the complex whole