The social sciences are groups of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. They diverge from the arts and humanities in that the social sciences emphasize the use of the scientific method and rigorous standards of evidence in the study of humanity, including quantitative and qualitative methods.
The social sciences, in studying both inter-subjective and objective or structural aspects of society, are sometime referred to as soft sciences. This is in contrast to hard sciences, which may focus exclusively on objective aspects of nature.
Social scientists engage in research and theorize about both aggregate and individual behaviors.
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A Glossary of Political Economy Terms - Hypertext dictionary of extensive definitions of around 200 political economic terms, by Dr. Paul M. Johnson of Auburn University.
Eurojargon - A plain language guide to EU affairs. Parallel documents in Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, and Swedish.
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European Convention Glossary - Core EU concepts, rules, processes, and political institutions; commonly-used vocabulary in government. Parallel documents in English, Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish, and Swedish.
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Feminism Defined - Feminist theories defined. New theories added as they emerge.
Meta Description: [ Feminism Theories Defined - Ecofeminism, Individual, Amazon, Cultural, Radical, Social, FemiNazi, and Other Feminisms ]
Justice and Home Affairs Glossary - Parallel documents in English, French, and German by the European Commission. Freedom, security, judicial cooperation between EU member states.
Regional Development Glossary - Parallel documents in English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian by the European Commission. EU structural policies, support funds, economic and social cohesion, urbanization.
Meta Description: [ inforegio provides general and specific information on activities of the european regional development fund, the cohesion fund and the structural instrument for pre-accession. ]
Results Focussed Management and Budgeting: Working Definitions - Public administration, politics, economics. By the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 3 pages, 2002. A parallel version exists in French.
Social Costs Glossary - Public administration, market forces, corporate economy. Also in print, with parallel version in French. By the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), 1997, 4 pages.
Social Science Dictionary - Dictionary and portal to discipline-related web dictionaries, texts and online classes.
The Archaeology Wordsmith's Dictionary - Database compiled by Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer, archaeologist and lexicographer, which covers historical topics such as artifacts, ceramics, chronology, culture and language, fauna and flora, geology, geography, stoneworks and metallurgy, structures and techniques, theory of the trade, and typology.
The System of National Accounts, 1993 - Glossary - Macroeconomics, accounting, finance. Also in print, with parallel version in French. By the United Nations Statistical Division, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Eurostat, and the OECD. 2000. 48 pages.
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