FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY

This book covers courses prescribed in Indian Universities in Sociology for the papers Principles of Sociology; Essentials of Sociology; Fundamentals of Sociology etc. Meant to serve as a textbook it discusses all the essentials and leaves out those topics which are irrelevant. Thus, it is at once concise, relevant and also detailed and exhaustive. It deals with social phenomena; society, social institutions and associations; communities, groups and factors determining these. It includes social change, social control and social processes. While its subject-matter has been drawn from standard books published in the West, it has been discussed in Indian setting. While its method of presentation is analytic, it has adopted holistic and integral approach on controversial issues. With actual university questions at the end of each chapter, this book intends to deliver first division at the examination.

Book Contents

1. Origin and Growth of Sociology 2. Definition, Scope, Nature and Value of Sociology 3. Methods and Techniques of Sociology 4. Sociology, Social Sciences and Philosophy 5. Modern Pioneers of Sociology 6. Fundamental Concepts Society, Community, Institution and Association 7. Heredity and Environment 8. Society and Environment 9. Social Groups Primary, Secondary and Reference 10. Social Organisation, Status and Role 11. Individual and Society 12. Personality and Culture 13. The Village Community and Rural-Urban Contrast 14. Spatial Groups 15. Social Stratification Castes and Social Class 16. Ethnicity, Race and Racism 17. The Nation and National Character 18. The Family and Kinship 19. The Joint Family 20. The Marriage 21. Levels of Social Order Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural 21. Social Evolution and Social Revolution 22. Social Change 23. Social Mobility 25. Social Progress 24. Social Control 25. Social Codes 28. Social Interactions and Social Processes Bibliography