Sociology

Sociology is one of the most important subjects in the 12th standard. Below is the detailed syllabus of Sociology mentioned. Students can access it for their reference. It is as follows: 

Part A: Indian Society 

Unit 1: Introducing the Indian Society 

• Class, colonialism, nationalism and community [non evaluative]

Unit 2: Demographic Structure of the Indian Society 

• Population policy in India 
• Rural Urban linkages and divisions 
• Theories and concepts in demographics

Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change 

• Family and kinship Tribal communities 
• Caste and caste systems 

Unit 4: Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion 

• The struggles of the Differently Abled
• The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights
• Adivasi Struggles
• Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality – Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes
• Social Inequality and Social Exclusion

Unit 5: Challenges of Cultural Diversity 

• State and Civil Society
• Communalism, secu
• larism and the nation state
• The Nation state and religion related issues and identities  
• Regionalism in the Indian context 
• Cultural communities and the nation state 

Unit 7: Suggestion for the project work 

Part B: Social Change and development in India 

Unit 8: Structural Change 

• Understanding the urbanization, industrialization and colonialism 

Unit 9: Cultural Change 

• Westernization, Modernization, Secularization
• Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation
• Social Reform Movements  

Unit 10: Change and Development in the Rural Society 

• Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society
• Circulation of labor 
•  Transformation in rural society
• Green revolution and its social consequences
• Land reforms, green Revolution and emerging Agrarian society
• Agrarian Structure : caste & class in Rural India

Unit 11: Change and Development in the Industrial Society 

• Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, home based work, Strikes and Unions
• How people find Jobs
• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization

Unit 12: Social Movements

• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Environmental Movements
• Theories and Classification of Social Movements  
• Concept of Social Movements 
• Women’s Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements 
• Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Class/Castes