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Class 12

Sociology: Social Change and Development in India

37 lessons in 8 chapters, explained in plain words.

Structural Change

  1. Colonialism and capitalism
  2. Industrialisation: Britain and India
  3. Colonial cities and tea plantations
  4. Industry and cities after 1947

Cultural Change

  1. Social reform movements
  2. Sanskritisation
  3. Westernisation
  4. Modernisation and secularisation

The Constitution and Social Change

  1. The Constitution and social justice
  2. Panchayati Raj
  3. Tribal institutions and inequality
  4. Parties, pressure and interest groups

Change and Development in Rural Society

  1. Agriculture, culture and rural occupations
  2. Agrarian structure: caste and class
  3. Land reforms
  4. The Green Revolution and rural change
  5. Migrant labour and globalisation

Change and Development in Industrial Society

  1. Images of industrial society
  2. Industrialisation in India
  3. Liberalisation and Indian industry
  4. Finding jobs and doing the work
  5. Working conditions, home work and strikes

Globalisation and Social Change

  1. What globalisation means to us
  2. Old connections: not new to India
  3. The economic side of globalisation
  4. Communication and labour
  5. Politics and culture

Mass Media and Communications

  1. Mass media in our lives
  2. The beginnings of modern mass media
  3. Media in independent India
  4. Globalisation and the press
  5. Television and radio after 1991

Social Movements

  1. What makes a social movement
  2. Sociology and types of movements
  3. Ecological movements: Chipko
  4. Class based movements
  5. Caste, tribal and women's movements