Day: April 5, 2020

academic anthropology – careers that involve the teaching of anthropology at colleges and universities. Academic anthropologists do research, but the objective is more for the contribution to general knowledge. acculturation – culture change resulting from contact between cultures. A process of external culture change. adaptation – patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope with its surroundings. […]

Previous Questions: Examine the contribution of village studies towards the understanding of Indian social system. (20Marks 2015) Discuss the impact of Globalization on Village economy in India. (15Marks 2015) Examine the impacts of green revolution on rural poor.(15Marks – 2013) How has globalization impacted agrarian relations in the last two decades? (20Marks – 2012) Indegenous […]

Evolution of Panchayati raj 1882 The Resolution on Local Self-Government. 1907 The Royal Commission on Decentralisation. 1948 Constitutional debates between Gandhi and Ambedkar on Gram Swaraj, ‘self-rule’. 1957 Balwantrai Mehta Commission – an early attempt to implement the Panchayat structure at district and block (Samithi) levels. 1963 K. Santhanam Committee – recommended limited revenue raising powers for Panchayats and the […]

Media is the means through which information is transmitted and plays a major role in development and change within the society. While it has been influencing Indian society in the form of print media, radio, television since pre independence times, the recent development of internet enlarged it’s role. It aids the changes in social, cultural […]

Definition of Social Change M. D. Jenson – “Social change is modification in ways of doing & thinking of people.” Horton and Hunt- “Social change is a change in the overall societal structure and relationship of a society”. Maclver and Page- “Social change refers to a process responsive to many types of changes; to changes […]