Universal Basic Income
Hand-curated sociological definitions of universal basic income (UBI) from across academia, with authors including Sage and Fuchs, for essays and research.
13 November 2023
Single-Mother
Hand-curated sociological definitions of single-mother from academic research, and a look at the age at which children are implied to stop being children.
3 November 2023
Attitudes
A hand-curated selection of academic papers defining ‘attitudes’ in sociology, useful for research into the attitudes people hold towards groups and concepts.
2 November 2023Single-Parent
Dictionary and academic sociological definitions of single-parent, collected from research across the academic landscape for use in essays and research.
27 October 2023
Compound Family
Academic sociological definitions of the compound family, collected from the literature, plus a note that no official dictionary definition appears to exist.
25 August 2023
Beanpole Family
Curated sociological definitions of ‘beanpole family’ from academia: the family form built on vertical links between grandparents, parents and children.
30 July 2023Stem Family
Academic sociological definitions of the stem family, where one child is selected to carry on the family lineage, collected from across the literature.
11 July 2023
Nuclear Family
Dictionary and academic sociological definitions of the nuclear family, including Parsons and Bales (1955), collected from across the academic landscape.
29 June 2023
Totemism
Academic sociological definitions of totemism, including Ridington and Ridington (1970), collected from across the literature for essays and research.
20 June 2023Sex Totemism
The sociological definition of sex totemism, the specialisation of the relation between the two sexes within totemism, with the academic source.
20 June 2023