Introducing Indian Society
A preview of Indian Society
Explain why the book ends with a chapter on project work.
This book, Indian Society, gives a picture of the structure of Indian society. The second Class 12 book, Social Change and Development in India, focuses on how it has changed.
What each chapter of this book covers:
| Chapter | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2 | the demographic structure: India's population, its size, growth, age and sex ratio |
| 3 | caste, tribe and family: the building blocks of Indian society, and how they are changing |
| 4 | the market as a social institution, shaped by colonialism and development policies |
| 5 | inequality and exclusion on grounds of caste, tribe, gender and disability |
| 6 | the challenges of cultural diversity: communalism, regionalism, secularism and the nation-state |
| 7 | suggestions for project work: how to do your own small research |
So the book moves from structure (who we are, how society is organised) to challenges (inequality, conflict) and finally to doing sociology yourself.
The book is honest that Indian diversity has a hard and complex side as well as a rich one: differences can lead to inequality, exclusion and conflict, which must be understood, not hidden.
It ends with project work on purpose: sociology is not just reading about society, but observing and asking questions about it. Doing a small study of your own, using surveys, interviews or observation, is the best way to see how sociologists know what they know.
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