Rural Sociology and political science are closely related subjects. Weinberg and Shabat say: “Political science is the study of the ways in which a society organizes and operates a state.” From this inter point political science appears to be sociology. The elements of rural health, education, religion, economic structure and organization, family system, etc. are constitutional rural sociology. In like manner, political institutions, associations, and organizations are the elements that constitute the subject matter of the science of state and government i.e. political science.
In political science studies the institution of Panchayat, various subsidiary Panchayat associations, District Board, Area Committee, etc. from the political viewpoint. The institutions constitute elements of rural society and rural sociology studies them from the social interpoint.
The approach of political science towards certain institutions entrusted with the task of rural administration and justice is narrow and limited to strictly political implications. Rural sociology attempts a board’s approach toward these institutions. And it is a matter of fact that it is impossible to study and understand the rural political institution in isolation from social institutions preventing. Therefore, knowledge of rural sociology is essential for a student of political science to understand fully the system of rural government and its administration. So, political science and sociology are closely interlinked branches of social science.
Besides the similarities between rural sociology discussed above, these are seeking differences between the two subjects. To a nation, whereas rural sociology studies political, social, religious, and cultural institutions, political science studies only political institutions. “in political science we should accept the facts of sociology”.
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