Author: Prerna
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What is Neocolonialism – Explained with Examples
neocolonialism In the era of 15th to 20th-century colonialism, the practice was observed in the world. Colonialism is setting up colonies in developing countries by power and afterwards exploiting them for their benefits. In those time European countries have sought control over many African and Asian countries. What is Neo? For example, India was politically…
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What is Culture of Poverty ?
Oscar Lewis was the first sociologist who came up with the concept of Culture of Poverty. In his work, he managed to deliver the ideation of cultural norms set up by a poor farmer. He further explained why a poor peasant remains in the same financial position. What is Culture of Poverty? The culture of…
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Social class: Meaning, Characteristics and Overview
Social class has seen its modification with changing time. It was not possible to have a classless society. The class division also gave some power and responsibilities to a handful amount of people. Social class acted as major differences between people but at the same time, it also acted as the path of culture and…
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World System Theory: Meaning, Theories and Overview
The World System theory was proposed by Immanuel Wallenstein. He showed the origin of stratification on a global level. He made the representation of countries according to the division of labor. According to this theory, countries were divided into four types. Core Nations are those countries which have high skills and high economy and much…
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Gender Stratification: Meaning and Overview
Gender stratification Stratification has always existed in our society but earlier the economic and caste barrier were considered as major reasons, but later on, female sociologists tactfully showed how gender equally plays an important role in stratifying our society. The females were abused and were underclass level stratification but afterwards, it occupied a different category….
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Sociology Important terms and theories
Utilitarianism The Utilitarian theory was proposed by two sociologists namely Jeremy Bentham and J.S. Mills. The motive of this theory accounts for maximum happiness of a maximum number of people. It says that whether anything is right or wrong is determined by its results and effects on mass. There were three basic principles or axioms…
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Peculium, Cartel, and Perceptions of Sociologists on different matters
PECULIUM In estate system i.e. the feudalism where servants served their masters, a term Peculium was introduced which basically means the lending of some amount of money or property to slaves. It was a hereditary system in which the parent guarantees the power of control to his next generation. CARTEL Cartel term was introduced before…