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Sociologists who concentrate on the details of particular interactions as they manifest themselves in everyday life are sometimes called micro-sociologists, whereas those concerned with the broader pattern of relations among large organizations, such as those composing the state and the economy, and even among entire societies, are called macro-sociologists. So there are two types of sociologists, micro ones and macro ones. This is only a rough division. Some sociologists study how people avoid bumping into each other on the street or how they open and close telephone conversations. Other sociologists study world-systems, or the entire range of economic, political, and other interdependencies among all peoples on Earth. Most sociologists, however, study social phenomena falling somewhere between these two extremes. |
