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Category: Sociology Concepts

  • Religious minorities in India and the problems faced by them

    Religious minorities The pluralist character of the Indian society is reflected in the multitude of religious communities that inhabit the country. The numerical strengths of some of these communities are more overwhelming than the others. Such communities have been designated as majority religious communities (example: the Hindus). India being a multi-religious country, it becomes an…

  • Emergence of journalism and Overview

    Journalism Introduction The gathering of information and report news was prevalent centuries back. The advent of technology marked the inception of mass transmission of news and information with considerable change in the speed at which this information was gathered and disseminated to the public. The primitive source of transmission of news was by words of…

  • Interpretive Sociology: Meaning, Explanation and Overview

    Interpretive sociology was developed by Max Weber. Georg Simmel acquaintance of Max Weber was an important developer of interpretive sociology.   It focuses on the meaningful understanding of human behavior which has interrelations and regularities. It studies how human groups actively formulate the reality of their everyday lives through the meaning they give to their actions….

  • Challenges to Social Stratification: Class system & Analysis

    The class system was evolved in society after slavery system, estate system, and the caste system. In class system society was divided into upper class, middle class, and lower class. But unlike other systems, the class system was an open system. The circumstances can change someone’s status at any point in time. But from the…

  • MALVIN M TUMIN VIEWS ON STRATIFICATION

    Malvin M Tumin was the American sociologist who has done vast researches in race and stratification on class analysis. In 1953, Malvin came up with Principles of Stratification and criticized Davis and Moore ideations on stratification. DAVIS AND MOORE PRINCIPLES OF STRATIFICATION The most important roles are attained by most deserving people of the society,…

  • 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…

  • 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…