Category: Sociology Concepts

CORPORATE CRIMES According to Australian criminologist John Braithwaite, corporate crime is defined as, “the conduct of corporation or employees acting on behalf of a corporation, which is prescribed and punishable by law.” It is also known as white collar crime or organizational crime since the individuals commit crimes for the benefit of the organization. They…

Fatherhood is defined as the state of having one or more children. Having a son and spending time with the son, taking him to games and getting to know him, is an example of fatherhood. Fatherhood is derived from the word father. And the father is derived from Middle English feeder. There are various synonyms…

What are welfare rights? To know that one must know what social welfare or welfare society means. A welfare state is a society in which all the basic needs for the well-being of the people are taken care of by the government. The government takes care of individuals and their families by providing public health…

Concept of Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft In the earlier eighteenth and nineteenth century the social system was ruled and had been in unbalanced arrangements, the culture and values are prioritized by allied class society, which suppressed the need and respect of the lower and middle class. As a whole both the societies were bearing the impacts…

Misogyny according to the Oxford dictionary is defined as ‘dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women’. From the very evident sexual discrimination, objectification of women, harassment, violence against the female, rape to the subtle, seemingly non harmful comments like “As woman one need to know cooking”, “I don’t feel safe around female drivers”,…

Marginalization is the treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral. History books are filled with various citations of discrimination against the marginalized groups including the scheduled tribes, scheduled caste, the disabled and women where they were explicitly denied hygienic water, nutritious food and a safe place to sleep in. Marginalized groups…