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Introduction to Sociology

THE ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY:Auguste Comte, The Fields of Sociology
THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE:Society affects what we do
THEORETICAL PARADIGMS:Salient Paradigms, Critical Evaluation
SOCIOLOGY AS SCIENCE:Empirical, Verifiable, Cumulative, Self-Correcting
STEPS IN SOCIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION:Exploration/Consultation
SOCIAL INTERACTION:Social Status, ROLE, The Social Construction of Reality
SOCIAL GROUPS:Primary and Secondary Groups, Reference Group, Networks
ORGANIZATIONS:Utilitarian Organizations, Coercive Organizations
CULTURE:Universality, Components of Culture, Symbols, Language
CULTURE (continued):Beliefs, Norms, Cultural Diversity
CULTURE (continued):Culture by social class, Multiculturalism, Cultural Lag
SOCIALIZATION: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, NATURE, Social Isolation
UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS
AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION:The Family, The School, Peer Groups, The Mass Media
SOCIALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE:CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE
SOCIAL CONTROL AND DEVIANCE:Crime, Deviants, Stigma, Labeling
THE SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEVIANCE:Cultural relativity of deviance
EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME:Sociological explanations
EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME -- CONTINUED:White-Collar Crime, Conflict Theory
SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME: EXPLANATIONS, Gender and Crime
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: INTRODUCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE
THEORIES OF CLASS AND STRATIFICATION – I:Critical evaluation
THEORIES OF SOCIAL CLASS AND STRATIFICATION – II
THEORIES OF CLASS AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION – III
SOCIAL CLASS AS SUBCULTURE
SOCIAL MOBILITY:Structural factors, Individual factors, Costs
THE FAMILY: GLOBAL VARIETY, Marriage Patterns, Patterns of Descent
FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY:Reproduction, Social placement
FAMILY AND MARRIAGE IN TRANSITION:Family is losing functions
GENDER: A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION, Gender socialization
GENDER SOCIALIZATION:Role of family, Gender Stratification
EXPLANATIONS OF GENDER INEQUALITY:Conflict Explanations, Feminism
FUNCTIONS OF SCHOOLING:Cultural Innovation, School Tracking
ISSUES IN EDUCATION:Low Enrollment, High Dropout, Gender Disparity
POPULATION STUDY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE:Crude Birth Rate
THEORY OF POPULATION GROWTH:Theory of Demographic Transition
POPULATION PROFILE OF PAKISTAN:World Population Growth
POPULATION PROFILE OF PAKISTAN (Continued):Age Distribution, Sex Composition
IMPLICAIONS OF POPULATION GOWTH:Additional GDP needed per year
POPULATION POLICY:Goals of Population Policy, Objectives, Strategies
ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY:Global Dimension, Historical Dimension
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:Preserving Clean Water, Clearing the Air
SOCIAL CHANGE:Social change is controversial.
CAUSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE:Culture and Change, Conflict and Change, Modernization
MODERNITY AND POST MODERNITY:Cultural Patterns, Post-modernity

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