Being darker makes being a migrant much harder Relevance : Sociology: paper II: population dynamics: components of population growth: birth,
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Ambedkar and Dalit Movements
Ambedkar and Dalit Movements Relevance: Sociology: Social Movements in Modern India: Backward classes & Dalit movement. G.S paper I: Modern
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How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’ Relevance : G.s paper
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Relevance: sociology; Emerging issues Mental illness is a comparatively new concept although the sorts of behavior to which it is
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COMMUNALISM Relevance: Sociology: Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism. G.S: paper I: Society: Diversity in India About Communalism, in a broad
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RELEVANCE: SOCIOLOGY: Population Dynamics: Population size, growth, composition and distribution. Components of population growth: birth, death, migration. Many factors that
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Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation. There are two types of inequality: natural
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Relevance: Sociology: Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism Multiculturalism describes the manner in which a given society deals with cultural diversity.
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Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Gender The sociology of gender examines how society influences our understandings and perception of differences between masculinity (what society deems appropriate
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Relevance: Sociology: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India. Context: The most popular trend in the institution
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Relevance: Sociology: Challenges of Social Transformation: Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability. Sociology can help us to understand
Continue readingKarl Marx’s Class Consciousness and False Consciousness
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx Class consciousness and false consciousness are concepts introduced by Karl Marx. Class consciousness
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx The concept of Alienation developed by Karl Marx describes the isolating, dehumanizing, and disenchanting
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Relevance: Sociology: Work and Economic Life Functionalist Perspective Someone taking a functional perspective will most likely view work and the
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RELEVANCE: SOCIOLOGY: WORK AND ECONOMIC LIFE Key Takeaways Functionalism emphasizes the importance of the economy for any society, and the
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