Sociology of Poverty: Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives

Defining Poverty: Poverty is the state of being financially incapable of affording the essentials for the prevailing standard of living (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2020). Within this understanding of poverty, the prevailing standard of living and basic human needs, while overlapping are not synonymous. Basic human needs include goods that are necessary for survival, … Read more

The Indian Education System : Features, Pros, Cons and Way forward

Why is India still one of the developing countries and what is stopping it from being a developed one? This particular question strikes me every time when I read something about India’s education system. I see India’s education system as an obstacle towards its objectives of achieving inclusive growth. The Indian Education system: Overview   … Read more

Short notes on Poverty, Inequalities, Absolutive and Relative

short notes on poverty,inequalities,absolutive and relative Poverty is something which one can relate to “lack”.One of the great ecologist R H. Tawney also explains social inequality led to extremes of both wealth and poverty and both were dehumanizing and has compared poverty with inequality. On studying and visualizing inequality from sociological point of view; inequalities … Read more