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SYLLABUS

Social Structure and Social Change

Objectives
1. To familiarize the students about the Structural aspects of Sociology.
2. To make students understand how economic factors and demographic change are causing significant social change in
various societies.

Sr. No. Description

1 Indian Society: Unity and diversity in India; Religious, Linguistic, Cultural and Regional diversities of Indian
society; Evolution of Indian society- socio-cultural dimensions

2 Major Segments of Indian Society: Tribal life in India, Village and urban communities in India

3 Marriage, Family and Kinship: Forms of Marriage, Family and Kinship among Hindus, Muslims and Christians
and their changing trends; Decline of joint family: causes and consequences

4 Caste System in India: Characteristics, Power Dimensions of Caste in India, Pollution and Purity, Dominant
Caste, Inter-Caste Relations, Jajmani system, Changing trends and Future of caste system

5 Status of Women: Gender discrimination, violence against women, quest for equality, changing status of women

6 Social Change: Meaning, nature and forms of social change- Evolution, Progress, Diffusion, Transformation,
Revolution

7 Theories of Social Change: Linear, cyclical and curvilinear.

8 Processes of Change: Change in structure and change of structure, Sanskritisation, Westernisation, Modernisation,
Secularization and globalisation

9 Factors of Social Change: Demographic, economic, religious, technological bio-tech, infotech and media

10 Social Change in Contemporary India: Trends of change, Economic development and social change-
Industrialisation, urbanisation.