Social Change and Movements in India

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Questions and Answers

What is a key characteristic of revolution as a type of social change?

  • It occurs gradually over time.
  • It involves rapid and fundamental changes. (correct)
  • It primarily focuses on individual behavior.
  • It aims to maintain existing social structures.

Which theory of social change emphasizes the progression in a linear fashion over time?

  • Resource Mobilization Theory
  • Demographic Theory
  • Cyclical Theory
  • Linear Theory (correct)

What is Sanskritization primarily associated with in the context of social change?

  • Promoting globalization.
  • Adopting Western cultural practices.
  • Reinforcing local traditions.
  • Changing social status or caste identity. (correct)

What type of social movement seeks to change specific laws or policies?

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Which of the following processes of social change involves the adoption of ideas and practices from Western culture?

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Flashcards

Social Change

Transformation in social structures, behaviors, and relationships over time

Types of Social Change

Different forms of social transformation; including evolution, development, progress, revolution

Theories of Social Change

Frameworks explaining why and how social change happens

Processes of Social Change

Specific mechanisms driving social alterations, e.g., modernization, globalization, sanskritization

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Social Movement

Organized collective action aimed at social change

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Social Movement Theories

Explanations of how and why social movements arise and succeed

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New Social Movements

Contemporary social movements focused on issues like environmentalism, feminism, etc.

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Types of Social Movements

Different forms of collective action to address social issues (e.g. reform, rebellion, revolution)

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Social Change in India

Examples of social movements impacting Indian society (like peasant, labor, women's movements)

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Study Notes

Examination Paper Contents

  • Social Change: Concepts, meaning, and nature (pages 1-28)
  • Types of Social Change: Factors, structure, evolution, progress, and revolution (pages 29-38)
  • Theories of Social Change: Linear, cyclical, demographic, and economic development (pages 39-60)
  • Processes of Social Change: Sanskritization, westernization, modernization, secularization, globalization, and universalization (pages 60-82)
  • Social Movements: Concepts, meaning, nature, definition, and characteristics (pages 82-88)
  • Social Movement Theories: Structural-functional, Marxist, and resource mobilization theory (pages 89-104)
  • New Social Movements: Types, reform, rebellion, revival, revolution, and counter movement (pages 104-129)
  • Social Change through Movements in India: Peasant movement, labor movement, Dalit movement, women's movement, and environment movement (pages 129-160)

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