Topics
Social Institutions
Definition and Features of Social Institutions. Self Explanatory
Types of Social Institutions
Religion and Society
Definition and Concepts of Religion and Science; Beliefs, Rituals, Superstitions, Taboo
Theories of Religion: Animism, Naturism, Totemism, Functional Theorie
Functions and Dysfunctions of Religion
Communalism, Fundamentalism and Secularism in a Plural Society
Morality and Social Control
Political Organization
Economic Organisation
Economic Organisation
Economies of Indian Tribes
Agrarian Economy, Jajmani System and Rural Employment.
Traditional Markets
Tribal India - Past, Present and Future
Definition of Tribe, Features and Classification
Dormitories in Tribal India
Contact of tribes with wider society (assimilation, acculturation and isolation; tribal transformation)
Present Conditions, Problems and Solutions
Social Stratification
Social Stratification: the Elements
Class
Caste
Race and Ethnicity
Gender
Social Change and Development
Social Change and Development
Aspects of Development
Social Movements: Meaning, Causes and Their Role in Society.
Role of Education in Creating Social Change
Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Change
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- Difference between sex and gender, gender bias and its consequences for both men and women – at the workplace, property rights and family status.
- Gender issues: female infanticide, foeticide, dowry, sati, child marriage, domestic violence, rape, widowhood, sexual harassment; women as perpetrators of violence.
- The following bills and latest amendments to be briefly discussed: The Anti-Dowry Act; the Anti-Rape Bill, the Inheritance Bill, Domestic Violence Act.
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