• ISBN13: 9788171566709
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: August 18, 2022
• Pages: 386
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 360 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The book covers syllabi of various Universities in Urban Sociology. With analytical method of presentation and holistic outlook, coupled with a language free from technical jargon, along with statistical data from Indian Urban Scene, the book seeks to serve the needs of students as an ideal textbook and a reference book for teachers, planners, politicians, researchers and social workers.

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma (born 1962), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., U.G.C. Research Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1985-1988), worked in I.C.S.S.R. Sponsored Project (1987) on ‘Overseas Indian Entrepreneurs in Kenya’. He is LMI : Indian Sociological Society, Uttar Pradesh Samaj Shastra Parishad, Indian Research Association, U.P. Darshan Parishad. He is author of dozens of papers and books on Sociology both in Hindi and English. Dr. Sharma has utilised his experience of teaching Sociology to Post-graduate and Under-graduate students for writing ideal textbooks both in Hindi and English on almost all the papers taught in this subject at Indian Universities. He taught at N.A.S. P.G. College, Meerut (1987-1991). At present he is Lecturer at N.R.E.C. (P.G.) College, Ch. Charan Singh University.

• 1. Introduction to Urban Sociology
• 2. Urbanization and Urban Growth
• 3. Some Related Concepts : Urbanism, Urban Ecology and Urban Personality
• 4. Theories of Urbanization
• 5. Types of Cities
• 6. Rural Urban Contrast
• 7. The Urban Family
• 8. Urban Culture
• 9. Urban Society
• 10. Urban Politics
• 11. Industrialization and the City
• 12. Urban Disorganization
• 13. Corruption in Public Life
• 14. Urban Problems : Over-Crowding
• 15. Problems of Housing
• 16. Urban Crime
• 17. Urban Juvenile Delinquency
• 18. Urban White Collar Crime
• 19. Urban Prostitution
• 20. Urban Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
• 21. Urban Suicide
• 22. Urban Beggary
• 23. Urban Poverty
• 24. Urban Unemployment
• 25. Urban Labour Problems
• 26. Urban Outlook and Social Change
• 27. Urban Planning and Slums
• 28. Welfare of Urban Backward Classes
• Bibliography