A guide for Sociology students
‘Other Backward Classes’ is the intermediate layer between the traditional upper castes and the untouchables. It is a heterogeneous category comprising diverse socio-economic entities. The extremes in the category are the dominant castes like land-owners and the economically & socially deprived castes, who work as landless laborers, sharecroppers etc. A few non-Hindu communities too falls under this … Read more
Production is a socially defined activity. An object, which is produced is considered as a product only if it is determined as valuable by society. To be termed as valuable, the product must have ‘value in use’ and ‘value in exchange’. The value of a product differs from society to society depending largely on the … Read more
Economy is embedded in society. Human beings in society rely on the economic system to satisfy the biological and social needs with goods and services. Economic system maintains the processes of production, distribution and consumption in society in an organised manner. Economy of any society is related with the development of tools and technological inventions … Read more
Education is imparted through a specific agency like school. It is regulated, time-bound and regular. Education is a school oriented learning process, which is based on a system. Education helps in the integration of a child in society. Learning is something which happens from our experiences with society. In the learning process, one acquires knowledge without … Read more
Survey method :- Survey method, one of the quantitative methods is a method of obtaining information from a given population for a specific purpose. Rather than gathering information form each and every individual, survey research draws a representative part of total population and collects information from it. There are various techniques and procedures available to draw … Read more
