Sociology: Study of the Social Sphere, 2/e, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Contents
4. About the Author
5. Preface to the Second Edition
6. Preface
7. I. Invitation to Sociology
   1. 1. What is Sociology?
   2. 2. Sociology in India
8. II. Conceptual Framework
   1. 3. Defining Society
   2. 4. Contours of Culture
   3. 5. Social Groups: Conceptual Framework
   4. 6. Communities, Associations, and Formal Organizations
   5. 7. Social Interaction and Social Structure: Status and Role
   6. 8. Structural–Functional Analysis
9. III. Recruitment Dimension
   1. 9. Family, Marriage, and Kinship
   2. 10. Prelude to Family: Marriage
   3. 11. Marriage, Family, and Kinship in India
10. IV. Growing Up in a Society
    1. 12. Socialization and Enculturation
    2. 13. From Socialization to Schooling: The Broader Canvas of Education
11. V. Internal Ranks and Divisions
    1. 14. Social Stratification: Theories and Related Concepts
    2. 15. Race, Tribe, Caste, and Class
    3. 16. Poverty and the Poor
12. VI. Change in Society
    1. 17. Social Change—I: Situating Change in Sociological Theory
    2. 18. Social Change—II: Reconstructing the Past
    3. 19. Social Change—III: Focus on the Present
    4. 20. Fashioning the Future
13. Bibliography
14. Notes
15. Acknowledgements
16. Copyright
17. Back Cover