sociological theory

theory advanced by social scientists to explain facts about the social world
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sociological theory

Summary

sociological theory is a branch of sociology[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of branch_of_sociology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sociological theory's instance of is recorded as branch of sociology[3].
  • sociological theory's subclass of is recorded as theory[4].
  • sociological theory's Commons category is recorded as Sociological theories[5].
  • sociological theory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025sr3b[6].
  • sociological theory's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph137919[7].
  • sociological theory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sociological theories[8].
  • sociological theory's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000056375[9].
  • sociological theory's partially coincident with is recorded as sociological methodology[10].
  • sociological theory's different from is recorded as social theory[11].
  • sociological theory's studied by is recorded as sociology[12].
  • sociological theory's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sociological-Theory-1[13].
  • sociological theory's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19766960[14].
  • sociological theory's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 16579-3[15].
  • sociological theory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 111969901[16].
  • sociological theory's KBpedia ID is recorded as SociologicalTheory[17].
  • sociological theory's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C111969901[18].

Why It Matters

sociological theory ranks in the top 6% of branch_of_sociology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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