Author: Aakansha
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Govind Sadashiv Ghurye Biography and Contributions
S. Ghurye or Govind Sadashiv Ghurye was born on 12 December 1893 in Malwan, a town in Maharashtra and was a professor of sociology. He completed his schooling at Aryan Education Society’s High School, Gurgaon in Mumbai and then from Bahadur Khanji High School, Junagadh in Gujarat. He completed his Graduation and Masters in Sanskrit…
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Dictatorship: Meaning, Its advantages and disadvantages
Dictatorship or Totalitarianism is a situation where a single person or political party rules the entire country. It does not involve any electoral process for the appointment. The person dominates all the subjects of the country or state which he’s ruling. It has fewer advantages than disadvantages Advantages Low crime rates. In a dictatorship, usually,…
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What is Capitalism? Meaning, Types, and Stages
In terms of politics, capitalism is a socio-economic system that is based on private ownership of resources or capital. In terms of economy, capitalism becomes an economic system that is also based on private ownership just like the political one. The production and the profit gained through the selling of products ensure how the system…
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Relationship of Sociology with other Social Sciences
Sociology is such a vastly dynamic field, that to limit it’s definition to a few words would be an injustice to it. It is one of the several social sciences which deal with man and his activities in society; while the other sciences being history, geography, philosophy, political science, economics or even anthropology. In other…
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Social Impact of Migration, Negative and Positive Effects
Migration, directly and indirectly, has a social impact on the family whether migration is by rural or urban class, or from long distance or short distance. The migrants make efforts to keep in touch with their families by either visiting once in a while or moving back to the rural place for some time after…
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Social Effects of Remittances From Migration
It is mostly an individual of the family who migrates to the place of destination and not the whole family. So the decision might be taken by the whole family to send out a capable person who could earn efficiently and support the family. The individual then sends back remittances to his family back in…
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Migration: Social Consequences, Advantage, Disadvantages and Host country
There are two consequences that occur due to migration. One is the negative aspect and the other being positive. The negative aspect is that because the rural population shifts to urban areas, the problem of unemployment increases there because there are limited jobs, resources etc. If the urban sects will think of employing rural people…