Life Chances is a theory propounded by famous sociologist Max Weber. This term embraces the description of opportunities and recourses that one gets to improve the prevailing condition of one’s life. Opportunities in this context refer to one’s ability to access resources both visible and intangible goods like food, shelter clothes, and education and health […]
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Difference between Family and Household : Sociology Notes
Households and families are basic units of analyzing demography. They are often used as interchangeable words but there’s a distinction between the two of them. And it is important to understand the difference between both of these terms. Family: ‘Family’ has no particular definition. It could mean all the generations after a common ancestor (an […]
Marx’s ideas on modes of production
Karl Marx was a German philosopher and sociologist. Besides, he mastered many other subjects like economics, political theory, history, etc. In Marxism, the mode of production is a very important concept. It refers to the way in which a society is organized so as to produce goods and services. It is composed of two main […]
100 Sociology MCQs Quiz for MA, M.Phil, and PhD entrance exams
Practise Sociology MCQs 1. Social Strain Theory associated with a. Robert K. Merton b. Karl Marx c. Max Weber d. Durkheim 2. Pattachitra is an old traditional art of a. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh b. Maharasthra and Gujurat c. Kerala and Karnataka d. Odisha and West Bengal 3. Patua Sangeet or Poter Gan is a cultural tradition of […]
MN Srinivas views on religion and society among Coorgs
Mysore Narasimachar Srinivas was born in 1916 in Mysore. He belonged to a Brahmin Family and studied various areas like caste, society, religion and so on. He brought up various ideas related to sociology. He published a book called ‘Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India’. It put forward a new approach to […]
The Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act
The Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) bill was introduced by the New York City Council with Vanessa L. Gibson as the sponsor in March 2017. The bill intended to reduce red-tapism. It also wanted to know of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) usage of the surveillance technologies and information sharing it began […]
Active aging theory: Definition, Factors and Differences in aging
Active aging is a non-traditional example of aging. In this, there is an improvement in health in spite of the increasing age. This is contradictory to the usual aging wherein an increase in age leads to an increase in morbidity. It is also referred to as successful aging, aging well or healthy aging. Morbidity, which […]
