Key Features * This book covers the various aspects of Nursing Sociology. * It deals with the subject comprehensively. * The language is simple, lucid and objective. * It explains extensively the introduction to basic sociology concepts, principles and social processes, study of institutions in relation to the industry, family and community, changing social structure, social welfare and problem of societies, etc.
4 Social Groups * Factors of Group Life 78 * Primary Groups 81 * Secondary Groups 83 * Quasi Groups 85 * Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft 85 * Reference Groups 87 * Unorganized Groups 89 * Crowd 90 * Audience 91 * Mob 93 * Public as an Unorganized Group 95
5 Family and Marriage * Basic Needs of the Family 98 * Nature 99 * Functions 99 * Types of Family 103 * Hindu Joint Family 105 * Nuclear Family 122 * Marriage 125 * Group Marriage 131 * Marriage Restrictions 132 * Family Disorganization 137 * Divorce 140 * Avoidance of Family Tension and Divorce 145
6 Rural Community in India * Villages 149 * Rural-Urban Differences 152 * Problems of Village Communities 156 * Rural Reconstruction 162 * Panchayat Raj 168
7 The Urban and Regional Community * Urbanization 175 * Regionalism 180
8 Social Stratification * Meaning and Definitions 183 * Caste System in India 185 * Traditional Features of Caste 189 * Caste in Ancient Period 197 * Caste in Medieval Period 199 * Caste in British Rule 200 * Caste in Independent India 207 * Merits of Caste System 212 * Demerits of Caste System 214 * Social Class 215 * Social Mobility 217
9 Social System * Social Organization 222 * Status and Role 223
11 Population * Social Problems 238 * Population Explosion 240 * Population Problem in India 248 * Evil Effects of Population Explosion 253 * Solution to Over Population 256 * Family Planning in India 259 * India?s Population Policy 260
12 Social Control * Definitions 267 * Nature 268 * Need 268 * Social Norms 269 * Social Sanction 272 * Social Control 273 * Folkways 275 * Mores 276 * Values 279 * Habits 282 * Custom 283 * Law 287
13 Social Change * Meaning and Definitions 293 * Characteristics 294 * Factors 299 * Theories 305 * Industrialization and Urbanization 313 * Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction 319 * Juvenile Delinquency 328 * Beggary 333
14 Effects of Environment on the Individual * Environment and Adaptation 335 * Poverty 337 * Unemployment and Underemployment 337 * Health and Sanitation 338 * Untouchability 339 * Child Marriage 341 * Prostitution 342 * Dowry 344 * Problem of Child Labors 345 * Social Security in India 360 * Bibliography * Index
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