نبذه عن الكتاب: August Comte the French philosopher, commonly regarded the father of sociology, used the term ‘Sociology’ in 1839, for a body of knowledge, concerned with social behaviour and social institutions. August Comte named the field of study from two words, Latin word ‘Socious’ means society and Greek word ‘logos’ means study or science. So etymological meaning of Sociology is the science or study of society, that is, the web of human interactions and interrelationships. Sociology is the youngest of all social sciences. It joined the family of social sciences when it was recognized that the other social sciences failed to fully explain man’s social behaviour. Nevertheless, Sociology to some extent has following characteristics of science. 1. It is empirical; that is, it is based on reasoning and observation, not on supernatural revelation, and its results are not speculative. 2. It is theoretical; that is, it attempts to summarize complex observation in abstract, logically related propositions which purport to explain causal relationships in the subject matter