UNIT - I  Social Processes and Change

1.Social Structure : Concept and Characteristics, 2 .Function : Concept and Characteristics, 3 .Social Structure and Function : Redcliffe Brown and T. Parsons, 4. Concept : Characteristics and Processes of Social Organisation, 5 .Concept, Characteristics and Processes of Social Disorgani-sation, 6. Social Legislation : Domestic Violence Act, 2005,  7. The Scheduled Caste and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, 8. Human Right Protection Act, 1993, 9. Right to Information Act, 2005, 10 .Protection of Women under Indian Constitution and Criminal Law, 11. Processes of Social Change : Social Movements and Planning, 12. Industrialization, Urbanisation and Modernisation, 

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UNIT - II  Rural, Urban and Tribal Society

1.Characteristics of Rural and Peasant Society, 2 .Rural Family, Caste and Occupation, 3 .Rural Jajmani System, 4. Rural Leadership and Factionism, 5 .Peasant Tension, 6 .Co-operatives in Rural Society, 7. Changing Status of Rural Women, 8. Rural Migration, 9 .Social Disorganisation, 10. Urban Society : Housing and Slums, 11 .Crime, 12. Juvenile Delinquency, 13. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 14. Poverty, 15. Unemployment, 16. Environmental Pollution, 17. Impact of Information Technology on Society, 18. Tribes : Meaning and Characteristics, 19. Land Alienation and Indebtedness, 20. Life Style of Tribes : Gond, Bhila, Bhilala and Korku.