Category: Contributions to Sociology
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Human Trafficking in India: Statistics, Reasons and Suggestions
According to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the vast majority of all human trafficking victims – some 71 per cent – are women and girls and one third are children. Every year millions of women and children are being subjected to trafficking in India. An 80% of…
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Tribal Sub-Plan Approach (TSP): Objectives, Programs, Issues and Suggestions
The Tribal Sub-Plan is a plan or a strategy that was introduced by the government to ensure the socio-economic development of the Tribal people of India. It is a part of the annual plan of a state or UT ( Union Territory). The funds that are given under Tribal Sub Plan are in proportion with…
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American Foreign Policy : Meaning,Issues,Making and Institutions
What is a foreign policy? Generally, a foreign policy paves a way to interact with other countries. It’s the way to build up relations with the nations around the world, be it economically, politically or socially. The policy consists of few guidelines through which the country can safeguard its interests and achieve its goals through…
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What do sociologists do
A major part of being a sociologist involves observation, research, and interaction. Collecting, analyzing and drawing conclusions from the data is mainly done by a sociologist. This sort of work is mainly done by social scientists where they venture out to interview test subjects with relevant experiences and situated in appropriate social environments. The sociologist…
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Pratham Pratishruti of Ashapurna Devi: A Feminist’s Representation
Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Bengali novelist, born in 1909, in the colonial India which just got jolted by the wave of enlightenment. All of her writings focused on the existing gender discrimination and the emergence and evolution of middle-class Bengali women-their oppression, position, consciousness and conscientiousness, inspirations and of course their fight. She traces how…
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Juvenile Delinquency and Parental Role
The term juvenile delinquency applies to violation of criminal code and certain patterns of behavior that are not approved for children and young adolescents. Juvenile delinquency involves wrong doing by a child or a young person who is under an age specified by the law. Juvenile delinquent is a person who is below 16 years…
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Dorothy Edith Smith: History & Feminist theory
Going through the pages of history explains and gives a brief story of how kings won over other. more stories explain kings as a conqueror, more than those in which tells queen as winners; the queen was not there in even the stories as winners. Then comes the trend changer: the queen who fought bravely…