Introduction
Tepurpose of s book s o nrouce a novel approac o socaonology Lke any oer onologcal nvesgaon conces self we queson of wa kns of enes we can legaely coourselves o asser es Te onologcal sance aken ere asraonally been labelle reals a sance usually efne by acoen o e n-nepenen esence of realy In e caseof socal onology owever, s efnon us be qualfe becauseos socal enes, fro sall counes o large naon-saes woulsappear alogeer f uan ns cease
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es In s sense socalenes are clearly no nnepenen Hence, a reals approac osocal onology us asse e auonoy of socal enes fro econceponswe ave of e To say a socal enes ave a realy as concepon-nepenen s sply o asser ta e eores oesan classfcaons we use o suy e ay be obecvely wrong, as a ey ay fal o capue e real sory an nernal ynacs of
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