Sociology of Youth - a branch of science of sociology.It examines young people as a separate community, especially education and socialization, as young people take over the experience and knowledge of the older generations, lifestyle, youth, formation of value orientations and life plans.The main problems in the science of sociology of youth: analysis of a portrait of youth groups, the study of the place and role of youth in the development of society, the study of the needs, requests and interests, societal expectations, values in all spheres of life;moral and psychological readiness to unemployment and labor inclusion of young people in governance and social management at various levels.Sociology of youth is closely associated with the branches of sociology, a military sociology, sociology of collective education, city, culture, mass communications, arts, personalities, literature, ethics, medicine, education, politics, law, religion.
Youth Sociology as a science is divided into three interrelated levels:
1. Empirical analyzes based on the specific facts of sociological research in all areas of life;
2. Specially-theoretical, reveals the structure of youth as a socio-demographic group, the specifics, especially its behavior and consciousness, values, socio-psychological and age-appropriate way of life;
3. general methodology, based on the knowledge of young people, as a phenomenon of society.
Sociology of sport - it is a branch of science of sociology.It focuses on the relationship between society and sports from the perspective of social institutions (education, family, economics, politics), social relations, social organizations, according to sports (professional or amateur, mass or elitist, race or gender relationssports), social processes taking place in conjunction with the sport.
value sociology is the study of social phenomena in society.Sociology provides knowledge about society in interaction of subjective and objective factors of functioning and historical development, and, therefore, allows the parties, the people, authorities and scientists to act consciously, scientifically predicting what could be the consequences of their activities.
three basic functions of sociology:
Sociology in society began to carry out three basic social functions:
a) research.Science explores the influence of socio-political and socio-economic phenomena in the society, spiritual, physical and social development of human society;
b) research, which pursues commercial objectives;
c) restructuring of apologetics, and then received a course of reforming the structures of power.
But now, unfortunately, it must be noted that the function of apologetics is approved and supported by the power structure, sound science critic reform policy is not accepted.
in Russian sociology, as well as society is going through a difficult time.Most sociologists have lost interest in the methodological, theoretical, and historical and sociological studies and problems.By and large, Russia does not conduct representative case studies.People without sociological education, breaking the moral and legal norms, calling themselves sociologists conduct surveys in public places.
Sociologists have created scientific works that have great social and scientific importance: the study of the dynamics of attitudes of citizens, study the effects of the reforms in the society.During perestroika, and then in the course of reforms, case studies to monitor the impact of reforms on the person, his mental and physical condition, social status, etc.
