Sociology and its relation with other sciences Methods, perspectives
Relation with economics: Production, distribution and consumption
Economic sociology economic phenomena and society
(eg: recession affected more on industrialized society than agrarian.)
economic relation Social consequences exchanges
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Relation with Political science theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems
political science and sociology are deeply concerned with the origins and nature of social control and governmental authority, with the abiding influences of race and culture upon society, and with the patterns of collective human behaviour.
Relation with ethics
No ethical action is possible unless it is social
Relation with Anthropology Physical and cultural development of human beings Man¶s culture and as social being
Relation with Social Psychology Mental process of man considered as social being,- influence of group
Computational sociology Analyse and model social phenomena through computationally intensive methods
How social issues can be studied scientifically? Define the problem Review the literature Formulate the hypothesis Plan the research design Collect the data Analyze the data Draw conclusion Replicate the study
A problem, you observe the issue always, it is happening in front of you, it may be subjective- how to make it objective?
(Eg. Child labour)
Perspectives in Sociology
set of assumptions/approach Society ?
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The Evolutionary Perspective Patterns of change Any general sequnce? (Eg. Societal changes in India)
The Interactionist Perspective Individuals and group, symbols, assign meanings, subjective/objective, defining behaviour situations, social construction of reality
The Functionalist Perspective Society- an organized network
Maintaining equilibrium- expectationsdifferent functions Ones own Behaviour patterns Social change promotes harmonyfunctional Disrupt the equilibrium- dysfunctional No effects- nonfunctional
The conflict perspective Conflict between groups and classes, imposing values
Methods of sociological research Cross sectional and longitudinal studiescovers broad area of observation at a single point of time, extends over time laboratory and field experiments Observational studiesinterview. Questionnaire, case studies, evaluation research«.