Table of Contents
PART ONE: Introducing Sociology
Introduction to Sociology
Definition, Scope and Uses of Sociology
Some Branches of Sociology
Methods of Sociology
Doing Social Research in Sociological Studies
Sociology and Other Social Sciences
PART TWO: Basic Concepts
Some Basic Sociological Concepts
Role and Status— Power and Authority
Social Structure — Function and Social Order
PART THREE: Individual-Culture-Society
Individual and Society
Environment and Heredity
Types of Societies
Community and Individual
Culture and Civilisation
Socialisation and Culture
Social Groups
Social Processes
Organisation and Individual
PART FOUR: Social Inequality
Social Differentiation and Social Stratification
Caste-Estates-Class
Race and Ethnic Relations
Gender and Gender Inequality
Social Mobility
Some Aspects of Social Mobility with Special Reference to India
PART FIVE: Social Institutions
Marriage
Marriage in India
The Family
Kinship System
The Educational System
The Economic System
The Political System
Religion-Morality-Magic
PART SIX: Social Control
Meaning and Nature of Social Control
Folkways - Mores - Customs - Sanctions
Social Norms and Social Values
Social Conformity and Deviance
PART SEVEN: Social Change
Meaning and Nature of Social Change
Theories and Factors of Social Change
PART EIGHT: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements
Collective Behaviour
Social Movements
PART NINE: Social Disorganisation and Social Problem
Social Disorganisation and Social Problem
The Problem of Overpopulation in India
PART TEN: Applied Sociology
Applied Sociology
Science, Technology and Society
Social Work, Social Security and Social Welfare: Conceptual Overviews
PART ELEVEN: Sociological Thought
Introduction to Social Thought
Auguste Comte — "The Father of Sociology"
Herbert Spencer: The Second Founding Father of Sociology
Durkheim: The First Professor of Sociology
Max Weber — ';The Founder of Modern Sociology'
Karl Marx: Founder of Revolutionary Communism
Georg Simmel: "Father of Formal Sociology"
Talcott Parsons and Robert K. Merton: Their Contributions
Bibliography
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The Study of Human Society
Juvenile Delinquency, Youth Unrest and Problems of Aged
The Problem of Poverty
Unemployment Problem
Problems of the Under-Privileged (Scheduled Castes, Tribes and Other Backward Classes)
Corruption and Black Money in Society
The Problem of Order