Category: Sociology Paper – I

Relevance: Sociology: Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour; Social changes in India Why in news? 86% and 90% of women

Relevance: Sociology: Social Control; & G.S paper I: Society and social issues Context China has flooded cities and villages with

Relevance: Sociology Are there rules for eating at McDonald’s? Generally, we do not think about rules in a fast food

Relevance: Sociology Imagine that you are sitting in a theater, watching a film. The movie opens with the heroine sitting

Relevance: Sociology Why in news? Between 2016 and 2018, nearly 10,000 students committed suicide every year in India, data tabled

Relevance: Sociology In contrast to Marx, Emile Durkheim spent a good part of his intellectual career studying religion. Concentrating particularly

Relevance: Sociology: Religion and Society  Religious revivalism is term applied to mass movements which are based upon intense religious upheaval.

Relevance: Sociology The phenomenon known as Facebook was designed specifically for students. Whereas earlier generations wrote notes in each other’s

Relevance: Sociology The cult The concept of “cult” was introduced into sociology in 1932 by American sociologist Howard P. Becker as an expansion of

Relevance: Sociology: Making Connections: Sociology in the Real World Farming and Locavores  The consumption of food is a commonplace, daily

Relevance: Sociology  How different individual responds to various social forces? When sociologist Nathan Kierns spoke to his friend Ashley (a

Relevance: Sociology  What is a Sects? A sect is a subgroup of a religious, political or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot