Introduction: Content, Design and Structure of Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data by George Alter, Kees Mandemakers, Hélène Vézina

“…These considerable investments of time and money have greatly expanded possibilities for new research in history, demography, sociology, economics, and other disciplines. This special issue describes the content and design of 23 important historical databases. …”
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PEER REVIEW IN UNIVERSITY COURSES by Vera S. Kharchenko

“…On the basis of the reviews prepared by the students after the completion of the course «Sociology of Employment» (2013-2015), the author analyzes the possibilities and limitations of this method. …”
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Análise de redes sociais: o método e sua utilização nas Ciências Sociais brasileiras by Ciro Antônio da Silva Resende

“…Regarding the second question, the publications, between 2006 and 2016, of the journals with the best ranking for the following areas are analyzed: (1) Anthropology and Archeology, (2) Political Science and International Affairs, and (3) Sociology. The analysis of this method's use indicates the existence of a small number of papers, and the absence ofsubstantial differences between thejournals of the three areas. …”
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Éduquer à représenter démocratiquement ? by Philippe Sahuc

“…Anyway, it has occurred that the previous aim to work for decoding and youths knowledge, concerning sociology, has become a route of avoidance because of establishment which decided to change without assuming all consequences connected to change. …”
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The inner reformation of the sciences: an ambiguity in the radically orthodox thought of John Milbank? by D. F. M. Strauss

“…Milbank contemplates the idea of a Christian sociology, by considering the church as a distinct society (altera civitas), but considers it to be silly to talk of a Christian mathematics. …”
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Particularidades do pertencimento na pesca artesanal embarcada by Cristiano Wellington Noberto Ramalho, Andreia Patrícia dos Santos

“…The present text aims firstly and based on writings of the rural sociology and the socioanthropology of fishing in Brazil at situating the debate about belonging among farmers, and especially artisanal fishermen, and then produce reflections based on field data collected from two fishing communities (Itapissuma and Suape – both in Pernambuco), about the character of the feeling of belonging in embarked artisanal fishing analyzing its singularities and universalities. …”
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'n Poimenetiese ondersoek na 'n basisteorie vir die pastoraat aan okkultgekweldes by J Janse van Rensburg, J H J Cilliers

“…These principles are compared and tested against the results of an empirical study conducted in conjunction with the Sociology Department at UOFS. A theoretica basis concerning the poimenetical investigation is established and certain practical-theoretical suggestions are made for further research. …”
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Déplacements et tensions dans les politiques éducatives de 1985 à 2015 : l’exemple des injonctions à propos de l'enseignement moral et civique  by Charlène Ménard

“…What are the gains of this measure? Based on the sociology of curriculum, this study analyzes legal texts (decrees, laws, official reports) and scholar programs of both secondary-school courses (CT and MCT) between 1985 and 2015 in order to understand the evolution of educational policies. …”
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Les identités de la ville : Éléments analytiques pour une étude sociolinguistique by Souheila HEDID

“…This problem constitutes a very important line of study in sociology because it is at the center of a very great questioning that of the socialization of individuals in any social environment. …”
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Sébastien Plociniczak, L’Encastrement Social des Marchés. Éléments théoriques et empiriques pour une analyse en termes de réseaux relationnels by Sébastien Plociniczak

“…This collective pattern is the New Economic Sociology, founded and built on a central idea, i.e. the embeddedness. …”
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Local stabilization and network synchronization: The case of stationary regimes by Stefano Fasani, Sergio Rinaldi

“…This is shown through a series of applications ranging from networks of electrical circuits to various problems in ecology and sociology involving migrations of plants, animal and human populations.…”
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Keep Your Mentee Disappointed by Gil Eyal

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Stressors and Supports: Experiences of Young Black People with Diverse Sexual Identities in the United States by Sandra Lynn Barnes

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Globalização da economia e reestruturação produtiva: as repercussões sociais das novas configurações do trabalho by Noêmia Lazzareschi

“…The considerations developed here result from analysis of a large number of studies of the Social Sciences, especially in the area of Sociology of Work, and from research conducted and directed by the author over the last twenty years. …”
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Between the Center and the Margins: Todd Gitlin and the Politics of Communication by Christopher W. Anderson

“…These questions and others like them preoccupied American sociologist and communications theorist Todd Gitlin, and through an examination of both Gitlin’s career and his intellectual trajectory we can see some of the answers he provided: both the ways he rose to the challenge of understanding the sociology of late 20th century media, and the ways in which he fell short.…”
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Max Weber's concept of feudalism and history of Lithuania by Zenonas Norkus

“…Weber's concept of feudalism is formulated in terms of political sociology and is localized in the middle of this continuum. …”
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La etnología chiriguano de Alfred Métraux by Federico Bossert, Diego Villar

“…In a broader perspective it focuses on the theoretical and methodological influence of French sociology and the Scandinavian school of Americanist ethnology on Métraux’s first researches on historical and living Tupi-Guarani groups, particularly the Tupinamba and Chiriguano. …”
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Les termitières, un univers de chasse (nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…The hunters thus need to know many details about the ethology and “sociology” of the termite mounds’ roommates.The constant decrease of game, on the piedmonts of Mounts Mandara as well as in the adjacent Damaré plains, is making this formerly marginal hunting territory one of the rare ones that is still attractive today.…”
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Therapy culture and the production of subjectivity in neoliberalism by Urošević Milan

“…Previous studies, drawing from cultural sociology, Marxism, and governmentality theory, have failed to adequately address how therapy culture integrates subjectivity with the institutions of the neoliberal mode of regulation. …”
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L’innovation à l’épreuve de l’anthropocène. Compte rendu de lecture de L’Innovation, mais pour quoi faire ? de Franck Aggeri by Agnès Labrousse

“…In this incisive, interdisciplinary book on innovation, Franck Aggeri gives pride of place to the critical social sciences—critical management studies, institutional economics, sociology of innovation, environmental history etc.…”
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