Category: Sociology Dictionary

  • Association: Meaning, Characteristics, Examples and Overview

    An association can be called a group of people who come together to achieve any particular purpose or goal and that too for a limited period of time. An association is different from a normal group or team in the way that it sticks to formal space. Where a group is just a collection of…

  • Dictatorship: Meaning, Its advantages and disadvantages

    Dictatorship or Totalitarianism is a situation where a single person or political party rules the entire country. It does not involve any electoral process for the appointment. The person dominates all the subjects of the country or state which he’s ruling. It has fewer advantages than disadvantages Advantages Low crime rates. In a dictatorship, usually,…

  • What is Neocolonialism – Explained with Examples

    neocolonialism  In the era of 15th to 20th-century colonialism, the practice was observed in the world. Colonialism is setting up colonies in developing countries by power and afterwards exploiting them for their benefits. In those time European countries have sought control over many African and Asian countries. What is Neo? For example, India was politically…

  • Peculium, Cartel, and Perceptions of Sociologists on different matters

    PECULIUM In estate system i.e. the feudalism where servants served their masters, a term Peculium was introduced which basically means the lending of some amount of money or property to slaves. It was a hereditary system in which the parent guarantees the power of control to his next generation. CARTEL Cartel term was introduced before…

  • Forms and Functions- Slavery, Estate and Caste systems

    Many sociologists have said in their research work that society has its basic parts, which should work in a set pattern so that social harmony is always at peace. People have their own needs, and they behave in a manner that can be beneficial to every aspect or key element of society. Society is always…

  • Industrial Sociology: Overview

    Industrial Sociology is a relatively young branch of sociology. While Durkheim and Max Weber made some analysis of industrial institutions, industrial sociology as a separate branch got its push due to the famous experiments at Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by George Elton Mayo and his associates between 1924 and…

  • Working Class: Meaning & Short Notes

    The working class also called a laboring class, is the group of people employed for wages, especially in manual-labor tasks and in skilled, industrial work too. These people are classified under those who earn their bread and butter by selling their skills and labor, which were required at reasonable wages.  Due to the fact of…