Essays on Sociology

Sociology is as an essential aspect in understanding the concept of family, its structure, role, and composition. However, the sociological study of the family requires a clear understanding of family, sociology and the relationship between them. Brinkerhoff, Weitz and Ortega (1) define sociology as the systematic study of social organizations,...

Achieved, Ascribed, and Master Status A status can be defined as the position that an individual holds in an organization or the society; every status characterized by a number or behavioral expectations that is the role a person has to play in the community. There are different categories of status, and...

Education remain one of the most important process in human life. Through education, humans gain both knowledge and skills needed to improve their livelihood. Good education is linked to better salary, less poverty, higher marriage chances and better living standard. This essay however focuses on how education relate to race. Ryan...

McDonaldization's Impacts on Management McDonaldization has far-reaching impacts, especially on the management of different systems in the society, including government institutions. The concept of McDonaldized systems has continued to be perceived as the most effective in enhancement of efficiency in the management of business organizations and other key institutions. The overarching...

The Effects of Social Change and Globalization on Education Systems The 21st century's teaching and learning is a formidable milestone achieved in the education sector. This analogy is bolstered by the existence of disparities observed in the learning systems over time especially from the education systems in the preceding centuries. As...

Social Structure in Sociology Social structure in sociology implies the difference in class of people regarding economic status, job groups and race. Variance in class in a society sometimes rises the social problems, for example, unemployment, racism, sexism and the illegal immigration. Many individuals’ understanding of the social problems dwells on...

The Maasai people and social changes The Maasai people are nomads who depend on grazing. The social order of Maasai dictated that warriors would guard the community. The young boys (morans) were supposed to herd the cattle, women were to construct the houses, and men in the society were to act...

The social media has in the past few years gained popularity in an exponential manner. People are finding themselves on social media every free minute that they have with many people waking up in the morning to check the social media as the first thing and sleeping to the same...

Social change is regarded as the transformation of behavior, culture as well as social institutions. Structural Functionalism and Conflict Theory are both social change theories out of the three conjectural standpoints in the field of sociology. The perspectives conceive the society as a structure that is characterized by a reasonable...

Social globalization points out informational flow and culture exchanges between inhabitants of different nations. Arguments in favour of this subject, explains how globalization enhances cosmopolitan togetherness, promotes mixed identity and widens the scope of knowledge. However, a likely outcome is certain to only benefit the privileged class; therefore it exerts...

Several thousand years ago schools came into existence in developed agricultural and horticultural societies with the aim of preparing the selected few for professional positions. In the past century, no society was capable of affording a handful of educated persons. The upcoming of large numbers of industries and organizations structures...

The role and the situation of women in military has been changing for the last four decades, and by the beginning of the 21st century, the role of women in military had changed in all the NATO countries, with the number of women in the military increasing dramatically in all...