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Why is the question of a scientific method particularly important in sociology?
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Describe in your own words what you understand by the term `ecology’.
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Why is ecology not limited only to the forces of nature?
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Describe the two-way process by which social environments emerge.
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Why and how does social organisation shape the relationship between the environment and society?
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Why is environmental management a complex and huge task for society?
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Can you identify any ideas or theories which have led to the formation of social movements in India in recent times?
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How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology?
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What were the main arguments on either side of the debate about how to relate to tribal communities?
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Outline the positions of Herbert Risley and G.S. Ghurye on the relationship between race and caste in India.
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Summarise the social anthropological definition of caste.
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What does D.P. Mukerji mean by a `living tradition’? Why did he insist that Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition?
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What are the specificities of Indian culture and society, and how do they affect the pattern of change?
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What is a welfare state? Why is A.R. Desai critical of the claims made on its behalf?
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What arguments were given for and against the village as a subject of sociological research by M.N. Srinivas and Louis Dumont?
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What is the significance of village studies in the history of Indian sociology? What role did M.N. Srinivas play in promoting village studies?
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As a member of society, you must be interacting with and in different groups. How do you see these groups from a sociological perspective?
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Note what are the marriage rules that are followed in your society? Compare your observations with these made by other students in the class. Discuss.
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Find out how membership, residence pattern, and even the mode of interaction changes in the family with broader economic, political, and cultural changes, for instance, migration.
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How can we demonstrate that the different dimensions of culture comprise a whole?
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