Sociology

Author: Zhao Chaocheng
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Sociology is a foundational social science that takes the study of society as its responsibility, possessing a unique role in understanding, explaining, and guiding social life and phenomena. At the same time, sociology is a highly empirical discipline that must continuously enrich and improve itself in line with social development, maintaining synchronization and coordination with societal progress. Particularly in the current historical period of China's institutional transition and social transformation, where social life is constantly evolving and new situations and contradictions arise endlessly, sociology has great potential. To maintain its vitality, it is essential to continuously study new issues and supplement new content. Based on this approach, this textbook was written by several mid-career teachers and researchers from the School of Political Science and Law, as well as the School of Management, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering. During the writing process, the authors strove to integrate the latest achievements in sociological research from both domestic and international perspectives over the past decade, grasp the profound changes in Chinese society, and reflect their successful experiences in teaching and research. The book includes fifteen chapters on topics such as social culture, modernization of individuals, social organizations, social problems, social change, and social modernization, with substantial content and rich references. These chapters are interconnected and interpenetrating, forming an organic system of the discipline of sociology.