Sociology

The majority of so-called highly successful firms do not survive even a few decades; religion, with all its inadequacies, continues to survive after thousands of years

Union minister Jitendra Singh says half of those who crack the UPSC civil services exams are engineering graduates who opt for subjects like public administration and sociology

The decision behind declaring 'post-truth' as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries was led by perplexity over voters' choices in US and UK, coupled with other events

Research shows wearing counterfeit products increases the likelihood of behaving dishonestly at gambling parties

Factors such as social normscommonly accepted practices in that societyaffect our behaviour without us consciously being aware of them

Our irresistible urge to know may lead us into unpleasant places

When two strangers eat the same thing, their similar food choice can be a bond that increases trust and cooperation, research suggests

Mark S. Granovetter's research has tried to find a middle ground between the sociological and economic description of reality

The city imagined