NCERT solutions for Sociology Social Change and Development in India [English] Class 12 chapter 6 - Globalisation and Social Change [Latest edition]

Read any newspaper regularly for two weeks and note down how the term ‘globalisation’ is used. Compare your notes with others in the class. Note down references to the term ‘globalisation’ and ‘global’ in different kinds of television programmes. You can focus on news and discussions on political or economic or cultural matters.

Make a list of products that you either use or have seen in the market or seen advertised which are produced by transnational corporations. You can make a list of products such as:

• Shoes
• Cameras
• Computers
• Televisions
• Cars
• Music Systems
• Cosmetics like soaps or shampoos
• Clothes
• Processed Food
• Tea
• Coffee
• Milk Powder

• Count the number of channels on television that are business channels and provide updates on stock markets, flows of foreign direct investments, financial reports of various companies, etc. You can choose whether you wish to focus on an Indian language channel or English channels.
• Find out the names of some financial newspapers.
• Do you see any focus on global trends? Discuss.
• How do you think these trends have affected our lives?

• Is there an Internet café in your neighbourhood?
• Who are its users? What kind of use do they make of the Internet?
• Is it on work purpose? Is it a new form of entertainment?

Initially, in the late 1980s, cell phones are being looked at with distrust (misused by criminal elements). As late as 1998, they are perceived as luxury items (only the rich can own it and so owners should be taxed). By 2006, we have become the country with the fourth largest usage of cell phones. They have become so much part of our life that students are ready to go on a strike and appeal to the President of the country when denied cell phone usage in colleges. Try and organise a discussion in the class on the reasons for the amazing growth in cell phones usage in India.

• Has it happened because of clever marketing and media campaign? Is it still a status symbol?
• Or, is there a strong need for remaining ‘connected’, communicating with friends and near and dear ones?
• Are parents encouraging its usage in order to lessen their anxieties about children’s whereabouts?
• Try and find out the different reasons why the youth strongly feel the need for cell phones.

In 2020-21, due to COVID-19 pandemic, lakhs and lakhs of children began using cell phone and attended online classes. How do you see this change sociologically?

• Identify other instances of glocalisation. Discuss.
• Have you noticed any changes in the films produced by Bollywood? While at one time there were scenes shot in foreign countries, the stories remained local. Then there were stories where characters returned to India even if part of the story was set abroad. Now there are stories set entirely outside India. Discuss.

• Compare the traditional shop and the new departmental stores that have come up.
• Compare the mall with the traditional market. Discuss how it is not just goods that change but how the meaning of shopping changes.
• Discuss the new kinds of food that is now served in eating places.
• Find out about the new fast food restaurants that are global in their menu and operation

Choose any topic that is of interest to you and discuss how you think globalisation has affected it. You could choose cinema, work, marriage or any other topic.

What are the distinctive features of a globalised economy ? Discuss. 

Briefly discuss the impact of globalisation on culture. 

What is glocalisation? Is it simply a market strategy adopted by multinational companies or is genuine cultural synthesis taking place? Discuss.