SOCIOLOGY-INDIAN SOCIETY · CBSE Class 12th English Medium
7 chapters · 89 topics
Chapter 1: INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY
Chapter 2: THE DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY
- D emography is the systematic study of population. The term is of Greek origin
- T he M althusian T heory of P opulation G rowth
- T he T heory of D emographic T ransition
- C OMMON C ONCEPTS AND I NDICATORS
- A CTIVITY .
- A ctivity .
- . S ize and G rowth of I ndia ’ s P opulation
- G rowth upto
- . A ge S tructure of the I ndian P opulation
- E xercise for C hart
- . T he D eclining S ex - ratio in I ndia
- A ctivity .
- T able : T he D eclining S ex R atio in I ndia , –
- . L iteracy
- T able : L iteracy R ate in I ndia
- . R ural -U rban D ifferences
- . P opulation P olicy in I ndia
- B ox .
- B ox
Chapter 3: SOCIAL INSTITUTION:CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
- H aving studied the structure and dynamics of the population of India in
- . C aste and the C aste S ystem
- C aste in the P ast
- C olonialism and C aste
- C aste in the P resent
- . T ribal C ommunities
- P ermanent T raits
- A cquired T raits
- T ribe – T he C areer of a C oncept
- N ational D evelopment versus T ribal D evelopment
- T ribal I dentity T oday
- . F amily and K inship
- N UCLEAR AND E XTENDED F AMILY
- T he D iverse F orms of the F amily
- Questions
Chapter 4: THE MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
- W e usually think of markets as places where things are bought and sold. In
- and the E conomy
- B astar , C hattisgarh
- and colonial I ndia
- B usiness C ommunities ’
- A ctivity .
- N ew M arkets
- . U nderstanding C apitalism as a S ocial S ystem
- C ommoditisation and C onsumption
- A ctivity .
- N ATIONAL AND I NTERNATIONAL M ARKETS
- D ebate on L iberalisation – M arket V ersus S tate
Chapter 5: PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION
- T he family, caste, tribe and the market – these are the social institutions that
- I nequality and E xclusion ?
- S ocial I nequality
- S ocial E xclusion
- T he C aste S ystem as a D iscriminatory S ystem
- U ntouchability
- THE POVERTY LINE, –
- AFFLUENT, –
- and T ribe D iscrimination
- T he O ther B ackward C lasses
- A divasi S truggles
- . S truggle for w omen ’ s e quality and r ights
- A ctivity .
- . T he S truggles of the D isabled
- A ctivity .
- A ctivity .
Chapter 6: THE CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
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- . T he I mportance of C ommunity I dentity
- C ommunities , N ations and N ation -S tates
- C ultural D iversity and I ndia as a N ation - state
- . R egionalism in the I ndian C ontext
- I dentities
- M inority R ights and N ation B uilding
- A ctivity .
- C ommunalism
- S ecularism
- . S tate and C ivil S ociety
- A ctivity .
Chapter 7: SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECT WORK
- T his chapter suggests some small practical research projects that you can
- S urvey M ethod
- I nterviews
- O bservation
- C ombinations of M ore T han O ne M ethod
- . P ublic T ransport
- . R ole of C ommunication M edia in S ocial L ife
- . H ousehold A ppliances and D omestic W ork
- . T he U se of P ublic S pace
- . C hanging A spirations of D ifferent A ge G roups
- . T he ‘B iography ’ of a C ommodity
- Glossary