Social Research Methods General Tutorial

Author: Zou Nongjian, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The 21st century has ushered in a new era of the knowledge economy, and the internet has entered households everywhere. Traditional production and lifestyles are facing severe challenges, as a revolutionary transformation is sweeping the globe. Sociology, which takes the study of social change and social structure as its mission, must keep pace with the times. It needs to conduct forward-looking research in both macro and micro aspects of social development, adjust and regulate the behavior of millions, innovate in concepts, mechanisms, and systems, create a harmonious social environment where humans and nature coexist peacefully, and foster people's innovative capacity. This will promote the healthy, orderly, coordinated, and sustainable development of human society, as well as the modernization of both people and society. The extent to which a discipline meets societal needs determines its speed of development and level of improvement. Sociology is closely tied to real-life experiences and has vast development prospects. Currently, Chinese sociology is in a phase of rapid growth, and both its theoretical and methodological systems need further deepening and refinement.