DUAL CAREER HOUSEHOLDS: NATURE OF PROBLEMS AND CONSEQUENCES Relevance: Sociology: Systems of Kinship in India; Family and marriage in India;Patriarchy, entitlements and
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Category: Sociology Paper – I
Sociology Optional Paper – I
Role of women and women’s organization
Role of women and women’s organization Relevance: Sociology: Systems of Kinship; Social Change in Modern Society; Industrialization and Urbanization in India; Challenges of Social
Continue readingSociological Perspective: To control COVID-19: China opts for Mao style of Social Control
Relevance: Sociology: Social Control; & G.S paper I: Society and social issues Context China has flooded cities and villages with
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Introduction to Culture
Relevance: Sociology Are there rules for eating at McDonald’s? Generally, we do not think about rules in a fast food
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Making Connections: Music seen as a Cultural Universal?
Relevance: Sociology Imagine that you are sitting in a theater, watching a film. The movie opens with the heroine sitting
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Relevance: Sociology Why in news? Between 2016 and 2018, nearly 10,000 students committed suicide every year in India, data tabled
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FUNCTIONALISM AND RELIGIOUS RITUAL
Relevance: Sociology In contrast to Marx, Emile Durkheim spent a good part of his intellectual career studying religion. Concentrating particularly
Continue readingMaking Connections: Society and Social Networking
Relevance: Sociology The phenomenon known as Facebook was designed specifically for students. Whereas earlier generations wrote notes in each other’s
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What is the Cult?
What is the Cult? (Relevant for Sociology Optional UPSC) The cult The concept of “cult” was introduced into sociology in
Continue readingMaking Connection: Sociological Perspectives on Food Consumption
Relevance: Sociology: Making Connections: Sociology in the Real World Farming and Locavores The consumption of food is a commonplace, daily
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Relevance: Sociology How different individual responds to various social forces? When sociologist Nathan Kierns spoke to his friend Ashley (a
Continue readingHow Do Working Moms Impact Society?
How Do Working Moms Impact Society? Relevance: Sociology: Social Stratification & Mobility, Work & Economic Life, Kinship System,Social Change What
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Relevance: Sociology What is functionalism? Functionalism, also called structural functional theory, sees society as a structure with interrelated parts designed
Continue readingSociological Theories of Social change
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Change Classical- Evolutionary Theory of Change Evolutionary theories are based on the assumption that societies
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Change Social change is a change in the social structures and functions of those Structures.
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