Foundations of sociology
Garg, Arun
Foundations of sociology - New Delhi Global Vision Pub. House 2010 - viii,348p.
CONTENTS Preface (v) 1. Sociology: The Discipline o Importance of Sociology o Scope of Sociology o Sociology as a Science and as an Interpretative Discipline o Impact of Industrial and French Revolution on the Emergence of Sociology o Sociology and its Relationship with Other Social Sciences 2Scientific Study of Social Phenomena o Problem of Objectivity and Value Neutrality o Issue of Measurement in Social Science o Elements of Scientific Method-concepts o Research Design 3Techniques of Data Collection and Analysis o Basic Requirements of Data Collection o Participant and Quasi-participant Observation o Interview o Questionnaire o Schedule Case Study o Sampling-size o Reliability and Validity o Scaling Techniques-social Distance and Likert Scale o Likert Scale 4 Pioneering Contributions to Sociology o Karl Marx o Mode of Production o Alienation and Class Struggle o Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) o Max Weber (1864-1920) o Social Action o Bureaucracy o Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) o R.K. Merton(l910-) 5Marriage and Family o Types and Forms of Marriage o Rules of Marriage o Family-structure and Function o Personality and Socialisation o Social Control o Family, Lineage, Descent and Property o Changing Structure of Family o Gender Issues Role Conflicts 6Social Stratification o Concepts-hierarchy o Inequality and Stratification o Theories of Stratification o Forms and Functions o Ifferent Conceptions of Class o Caste and Class 7Social Mobility o Types of Mobility o Intra and Inter-generational Mobility o Vertical and Horizontal Social Mobility o Social Mobility and Social Change Foundations of Society 8Economic System o Sociological Dimensions of Economic Life o Impact of Economic Process on the Larger Society o Social Aspects of Division of Labour and Types of Exchange o Features of Pre-industrial and Industrial Economic System o Industrialization and Social Change o Social determinants of Economic Development 9Political System o The Nature of Power o Community Power o Power of the Elite o Class Power o Organisational Power 'Authority and Legitimacy o Pressure Groups and Political Parties o Voting Behaviour o Modes of Political Participation Democratic and Authoritarian Forms 10 Educational System o Education and Culture o Equality of Educational Opportunity o Social Aspects of Mass Education o Problems of Universalisation of Primary Education o Role of Community and State Intervention in Education o Education as an Instrument of Social Control and Social Change o Education and Social Control 11 Religion o Origins of Religious Beliefs in Pre-modern Societies o The Sared and the Profane o Social Functions and Dysfunctions of Religion o Monistic and Pluralistic Religion o Semitism and Anti-semitism o Sect and Cult o Magic 12 Science and Technology o Ethos of Science o Social Responsibility of Science o Social Control of Science o Social Consequences of Science and Technology o Technology and Social change 13 Social Movements o Concepts of Social Movements o Genesis of Social Movements o Social Movements of India o Self-respect Movement o The Mahar Movement o Ideology and Social Movement o Social Movement and Social Change o Types of Social Movements o Women's Movement o Backward Caste Movement 14 Social Change and Development o Continuity and Change as Fact and as Value o Theories of Social Change o Technological Impact on Social Change o Social Policy and Social Development Bibliography Index
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Foundations of sociology - New Delhi Global Vision Pub. House 2010 - viii,348p.
CONTENTS Preface (v) 1. Sociology: The Discipline o Importance of Sociology o Scope of Sociology o Sociology as a Science and as an Interpretative Discipline o Impact of Industrial and French Revolution on the Emergence of Sociology o Sociology and its Relationship with Other Social Sciences 2Scientific Study of Social Phenomena o Problem of Objectivity and Value Neutrality o Issue of Measurement in Social Science o Elements of Scientific Method-concepts o Research Design 3Techniques of Data Collection and Analysis o Basic Requirements of Data Collection o Participant and Quasi-participant Observation o Interview o Questionnaire o Schedule Case Study o Sampling-size o Reliability and Validity o Scaling Techniques-social Distance and Likert Scale o Likert Scale 4 Pioneering Contributions to Sociology o Karl Marx o Mode of Production o Alienation and Class Struggle o Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) o Max Weber (1864-1920) o Social Action o Bureaucracy o Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) o R.K. Merton(l910-) 5Marriage and Family o Types and Forms of Marriage o Rules of Marriage o Family-structure and Function o Personality and Socialisation o Social Control o Family, Lineage, Descent and Property o Changing Structure of Family o Gender Issues Role Conflicts 6Social Stratification o Concepts-hierarchy o Inequality and Stratification o Theories of Stratification o Forms and Functions o Ifferent Conceptions of Class o Caste and Class 7Social Mobility o Types of Mobility o Intra and Inter-generational Mobility o Vertical and Horizontal Social Mobility o Social Mobility and Social Change Foundations of Society 8Economic System o Sociological Dimensions of Economic Life o Impact of Economic Process on the Larger Society o Social Aspects of Division of Labour and Types of Exchange o Features of Pre-industrial and Industrial Economic System o Industrialization and Social Change o Social determinants of Economic Development 9Political System o The Nature of Power o Community Power o Power of the Elite o Class Power o Organisational Power 'Authority and Legitimacy o Pressure Groups and Political Parties o Voting Behaviour o Modes of Political Participation Democratic and Authoritarian Forms 10 Educational System o Education and Culture o Equality of Educational Opportunity o Social Aspects of Mass Education o Problems of Universalisation of Primary Education o Role of Community and State Intervention in Education o Education as an Instrument of Social Control and Social Change o Education and Social Control 11 Religion o Origins of Religious Beliefs in Pre-modern Societies o The Sared and the Profane o Social Functions and Dysfunctions of Religion o Monistic and Pluralistic Religion o Semitism and Anti-semitism o Sect and Cult o Magic 12 Science and Technology o Ethos of Science o Social Responsibility of Science o Social Control of Science o Social Consequences of Science and Technology o Technology and Social change 13 Social Movements o Concepts of Social Movements o Genesis of Social Movements o Social Movements of India o Self-respect Movement o The Mahar Movement o Ideology and Social Movement o Social Movement and Social Change o Types of Social Movements o Women's Movement o Backward Caste Movement 14 Social Change and Development o Continuity and Change as Fact and as Value o Theories of Social Change o Technological Impact on Social Change o Social Policy and Social Development Bibliography Index
8182202922
301 / GAR