Urbanisation and Industrialisation

Introducing Indian Society

• Introduction to Indian Society

Demographic Structure and Indian Society

• Some Theories and Concepts in Demography
• Size and Growth of India’S Population
• Age Structure of the Indian Population
• The Declining Sex-ratio in India
• Literacy
• Rural-urban Differences
• Population Policy in India

Social Institutions - Continuity and Change

• Caste and the Caste System
• Tribal Communities
• Family and Kinship

Market as a Social Institution

• Sociological Perspectives on Markets and the Economy
• Understanding Capitalism as a Social System
• Globalisation – Interlinking of Local, Regional, National and International Markets

Pattern of Social Inquality and Exclusion

• What is Social About Social Inequality and Exclusion?
• Caste and Tribe – Systems Justifying and Perpetuating Inequality
• Struggle for Women’S Equality and Rights
• The Struggles of the Disabled

The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

• Cultural Communities and the Nation-state
• Regionalism in the Indian Context
• The Nation-state and Religion-related Issues and Identities
• State and Civil Society

Suggestions for Project Work

Structural Change

• Understanding Colonialism
• Urbanisation and Industrialisation

Cultural Change

• Social Reform Movements in the 19th and Early 20th Century
• How Do We Approach the Study of Sanskritisation, Modernisation, Secularisation and Westernisation
• Different Kinds of Social Change

The Story of Indian Democracy

• The Indian Constitution
• The Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Rural Social Transformation
• Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics

Change and Development in Rural Society

• Agrarian Structure: Caste and Class in Rural India
• The Impact of Land Reforms
• The Green Revolution and Its Social Consequences
• Transformations in Rural Society After Independence
• Circulation of Labour
• Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society

Change and Development in Industrial Society

• Images of Industrial Society
• Industrialisation in India
• How People Find Jobs
• How is Work Carried Out?
• Working Conditions
• Home-based Work
• Strikes and Unions

Globalisation and Social Change

• The Early Years Colonialism and the Global Connection Independent India and the World
• Understanding Globalisation

Mass Media and Communication Process

• The Beginnings of Modern Mass Media
• Mass Media in Independent India
• Globalisation and the Media

Social Movements

• Features of a Social Movement
• Sociology and Social Movements
• Types of Social Movements
• Ecological Movements
• Class Based Movements
• Caste Based Movements
• The Tribal Movements
• Womens’ Movement in India