Social Functions of the Family (Relevant for Sociology Optional UPSC) Recall that the functional perspective emphasizes that social institutions
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Issues of workers’ safety
Issues of workers’ safety Relevance: G.S paper II: Polity: Governance: Government schemes and their implementation & Sociology: Rural and Agrarian transformation in
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Relevance: Sociology: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities. & G.S paper I: Society and Social Issues & G.S paper II: Governance: Health
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Sociological Perspectives On Poverty (Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation. Paper
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Relevance: Sociology: Poverty, deprivation and inequalities: Gender Inequalities Context Struggling to survive during an unexpected and unprecedented lockdown, members of the
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Relevance: Sociology: Gender inequalities Context Transgenders can soon aspire to lead combat troops in central paramilitary forces as the government
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Perspectives on the study of caste system: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.
Relevance: Sociology: Perspectives on the study of caste system: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille. INTRODUCTION Indian social
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Relevance: Mains: G.S paper I: Society and social issues: Social Empowerment & Sociology: (v) Social Movements in Modern India: Backward classes &
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper II: Introducing Indian Society: Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas). Structural and Functional Perspective of Indian Sociology. Sociological functionalism is
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Relevance: Sociology: Introducing Indian Society: (i) Perspectives on the study of Indian society: Indology (GS. Ghurye). Introduction Indology: Meaning and Definition Indology is
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Relevance: G.S paper I: Society: & Sociology: Systems of Kinship: Family and marriage in India. Household dimensions of the family ; Patriarchy,
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Relevance: Sociology: Social Change in Modern Society: (a) Sociological theories of social change. The Meaning of Social Change: The word “change” denotes
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Feminization of Agriculture in Indian Society. RELEVANT for UPSC-CSE 2020-21 SOCIOLOGY PAPER 1 ( Work & Economic Life -Social organization of work in
Continue readingSocial distancing in a deeply fragmented society like India is both vertical and horizontal.
RELEVANT FOR UPSC-CSE SOCIOLOGY PAPER 2 With the coronavirus pandemic continuing its spread around the world, the Indian prime minister,
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Relevance: Sociology: Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism. Introduction Much of what that was accomplished was the act of discussion itself. Significant
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