A guide for Sociology students
Green Peace movement started the tradition of ‘bearing witness’ in a non-violent manner to environmental exploitation. It was founded in 1971, and is working towards a green and peaceful future that follows sustainable development practices. Green Peace exposes global environmental problems and works to bring changes in government policies that threaten the natural world. It all … Read more
Manifest function is something, which can be noticed easily. Latent function is deeper and not all the participants are aware of it. Whereas manifest function is known by all participants of the social institutions. For example, if a criminal is punished, everyone knows that it is the society’s way of saying that deviance of behaviour … Read more
R.K.Merton took the help of biological sciences to define the term ‘Function’ in sociology. He explained that the function is the contribution of social institutions to society, just like the contribution of organic process inside the human body for the survival of human beings. Merton says that functions of the social institutions maintain the society … Read more
When students’ mind is filled with the information that ‘Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra’, they listen, memorize and repeat the sentence after the teacher. But students’ critical thinking that ‘what does mean by capital city’ and ‘why is that particular city is made as capital city’ is suppressed. In the traditional education system, students … Read more
