This book grew out of the significant changes that have happened in the field of
sociology around the world in the last few decades. Author H.K. Rawat collates
the relevant views of other scholars and then offers his own point of view,
based on personal research in India. Besides authenticity, coherence, and
reliability, the book contains a combination of theoretic frameworks and
empirical realities. Topics include: Why Study Sociology? * Culture * Processes
of Social Interaction * Collective Behavior * Social Control and Deviance *
Kinship and Family * Marriage * Status of Women * Economic Institutions *
Political Institutions * Educational Institutions * Religious Institutions *
Demography