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UNDERSTAND AND KNOW URBAN SOCIOLOGY
So far, we have always heard many people say everything related to
cities. Starting from economic, social, humanitarian activities, to things
involving elements of vandalism and violence in the form of conflict,
disagreement, both between individuals and individuals, individuals and
groups, or groups and groups. So with all the problems and activities in cities,
we enter the Urban Sociology course. Where in this course we will examine in
depth all the ins and outs of urban life.
Understanding Sociology, Cities, and Urban Sociology.
Sociology is defined by Pitirim A. Sorokin as a science that studies
things such as relationships and reciprocal influences between various kinds
of social phenomena. For example, between economic phenomena and
religion, family and morals, law and economics, and social movements and
politics. The relationship and reciprocal influence between social symptoms
and non-social symptoms. For example, geographical and biological
phenomena. General characteristics of all types of social phenomena. Selo
Soemardjan and Soelaeman Soemardi argue that sociology is a science that
studies the social structure of social processes, including social changes.
Roucek and Warren provide the definition of sociology as a science that
