This textbook is attentively and carefully written not only to fulfill the knowledge gap, but also to meet the demands of students in Sociology courses at University undergraduate level.It also contains three major parts which cover to the range of five major Sociology courses in that each section includes the following outstanding features: Fundamental concept,origin,and development of Sociology; Culture,social structures and social changes; Classical and contemporary sociological theories; Sociology of family,religion and education; Sociology of politics,law and economics; Sociologically assessed Ethiopian societal issues and Review questions,testing knowledge,tables and figures are well illustrated. The book is the product of teaching experiences and the author's depth understandings of structures of human societies as well as the behavior of individuals and groups in a society.Good attempts are also made to synchronize theories with social realities in Ethiopian context wherever necessary.Besides,the textbook primarily targets University students, instructors,educators,theologians,lawyers,Social workers and will also be immensely useful for other readers.
