Optionals IAS Mains Sociology: Questions 431 - 440 of 503

Rationality According to Weber

• Weber views Rationality as a process of rationalization of social system. This takes place through the emergence of rational organization and institutions in human society. He also finds the reflection of the process of Rationalisation in human values, beliefs, thoughts and actions. Here he locates the emergence of ele…

Economic Life and Social Life

• Economics deals with the economic activities of man. It deals with production, consumption and distribution of wealth. The economic factors play a vital role in every aspect of our social life. Total development of individual depends very much on economic factors. Every economic change say industrialization brings many …

A Questionnaire

• A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents.
• Although they are often designed for statistical analysis of the responses, this is not always the case.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Questionnaire

• They are cheap, and don՚t require…

Concept of Cult of the Individual

• In his writing ‘The division of labour’ , Durkheim makes a distinction between mechanical and organic solidarity.
• He argues that with increasing division of labour, a sense of individuality is growing, which is leading to weakening of collective conscience and helping in better integration of society.
• Durkheim recogni…

Colonial Period and Women՚S Movement

• Social movement has been defined as an organised effort by a group of people either to bring or resist change in the society. Women՚s movement, is an important variant of social movement in the sense that it aims to bring changes in the institutional arrangements, values, customs and beliefs in the society that h…

Disparities in Education

• Importance of education in the development: Education has its own intrinsic value. It is important in itself. An educated person can understand, analyse and participate efficiently in the market. An educated person is more confident to face poverty. A literate woman has better knowledge of health and family planning. It deve…

History of Hitherto Existing Societies and Marxian Thesis

• Karl Marx developed his theory of class-struggle in his analysis and critique of the capitalist society. According to Marx the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. He viewed class struggle as the driving force of social change in society. The class war h…

Bonded Labour

• In traditional Hindu society, the main objectives of marriage were believed to be: dharma, progeny, and pleasure.
• The primary objective is dharma, thus there was little idea of individual interest in Hindu marriage.
• It is considered as a social duty towards family and community.
• Hindu marriage is considered as sacred: due to performance o…

Varna Scheme and the Picture of Caste

• Caste and Varna are two separate concepts. Senart, for the first time, brought out the conceptual difference between these two terms.
• The Varna system, divides society into four varnas (or four orders or classes) . The division is based on division of labour. It divides the Hindu society into four orders, viz. , …

Role of Education as a Medium of Cultural Reproduction & Agency of Social Transformation

• The major role of the education system, according to Bourdieu, is Cultural Reproduction i.e.. reproduction of the culture of the dominant classes. The dominant groups have the power to impose meanings and to impose them as legitimate. They are able to define the…