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Unit
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Chapter
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Sub-Chapter
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1
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Structure of Indian Society
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• An Overview of Indian Society, Including Colonialism, Nationalism, Class Structures, and Communities
• The Structure of the Population.
• Linkages and Divisions Between Rural and Urban Areas
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2
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Social Institutions: Continuity and Change
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• Relationships of blood and kinship
• The concept of the Caste System.
• A Society Based on Tribes.
• The Function of the Market as a Social Institution
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3
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Social Inequality and Exclusion
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• Prejudice based on social status, including scheduled castes and other backward classes
• The oppression of Native American and other tribal communities
• The Fight for Women's Rights and Equality
• The Safeguarding of Religious Groups in Need of Protection
• Providing Assistance to People with Disabilities.
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4
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The Challenges of Unity in Diversity
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• The issues brought about by communalism, regionalism, casteism, and patriarchy
• The Function of the State in a Multicultural and Societally Unequal Society
• What We Have in Common.
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5
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Process of Social Change in India
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• Colonialism, Industrialization, and Urbanization: Three Phases in the Process of Structural Change
• The transformation of culture, including but not limited to modernization, westernisation, sanskritization, and secularisation
• Social Reform Organizations and Legislation
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6
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Social Change and the Polity
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• The role of the Constitution as a tool for bringing about social change.
• Political Parties, Lobbying Organizations, and Democratic Processes
• The Panchayati Raj and the Obstacles in the Way of Social Change
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7
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Social Change and the Economy
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• The Agrarian Society, Land Reforms, and the Green Revolution
• Moving from a strategy of planned industrialization to one of liberalisation
• Adjustments made to the hierarchy of the classes.
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8
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Arenas of Social Change
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• The Media and the Change in Society
• The Impacts of Globalization and Societal Shifts
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9
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Social Movements
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• Movements Based on Social Class: Laborers and Peasants
• Movements Based on Caste, Including the Dalit Movement, Other Backward Castes, and Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Women's Movements in Independent India.
• Tribal Movements.
• Environmental Movements.
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